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Sticky tape generates X-rays (nature.com)
21 points by bd on Oct 22, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



"...The researchers suggest that the high charge density generated by peeling the tape could be great enough to trigger nuclear fusion..."

That quote gets my WTF vote for today.


I can see a bunch of arab immigrants getting arrested for mass buying scotch tape.





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