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...Soviet scientists constructed "a massive six-story press that just staggers the mind," Silvera says, "it ended up being a white elephant...
...right now, no one--not even Nature--may be as close as Professor of Physics Isaac F. Silvera to creating metallic hydrogen...
...while Silvera and his three-man research team know they are close to their goal, they are not sure what will happen if they succeed...
They may end up with a room temperature "superconductor" capable of conducting enormous electrical currents without resistance. With it "you can create enormous amounts of power without a power loss," says Silvera. Most conductors lose electrical power because of friction but a superconductor could transport electricity at super-fast speeds with greater energy efficiency...
...France has a booming film industry of its own. Sophisticated as they may be, even the French like to see movies made at home, starring actors they can identify with. "You simply can't have a strong filmgoing climate unless you have a healthy domestic film product," says Silvera. "Britain and Italy have learned that to their distress." Though Americans are familiar with titles like The Last Metro and La Cage aux Folles, most French movies, which lean toward police thrillers, comedies and love stories, never cross the Atlantic, since distributors are convinced that they would not find...