Saturday, March 22, 2014

The Importance Of Serendipity In Scientific Research

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Just read “New use for an old 'trouble maker'”. In brief, researchers became interested in a byproduct of traditional glass making that has been discarded immediately for many decades as undesired. According to this article nobody bothered to study its physical or chemical properties etc.


Devitrite Anyone?


As of 3/22/2014, you cannot find this term in Wikipedia.

It “could find practical use as a cheap and efficient optical diffuser, which are used to scatter and soften light for a range of industrial and household applications.”

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