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Glassy Rainbow

Caption: A type of glass created by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison using a new vapor-deposition method is extremely stable. The rainbow of colors in this super-stable glass comes from variations in its thickness.

Credit: Mark Ediger/University of Wisconsin-Madison

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