## materials science

[Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39922006)
[Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas - Terraform Industries Blog](https://terraformindustries.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/terraform-makes-carbon-neutral-natural-gas/)

[East Germany invented 'unbreakable' drinking glasses | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173177)
[Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses | Art and design | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/aug/06/superfest-unbreakable-drinking-glasses-east-germany)

[Possible Meissner effect near room temperature: copper-substituted lead apatite | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38853706)
[[2401.00999] Possible Meissner effect near room temperature in copper-substituted lead apatite](https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00999)

[Scientists Create the World's Toughest Self-Healing Material](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/scientists-create-the-worlds-toughest-self-healing-material)

[Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40291012)
[This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2024/sound-suppressing-silk-can-create-quiet-spaces-0507)

[Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big climate challenges | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40457856)
[Cement recycling method could help solve one of the world’s biggest climate challenges](https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cement-recycling)

[Engineers find new way to make ‘wonder material’ that could change the world | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/graphene-wonder-material-carbon-production-b2556570.html)

[Re-creating Disney's sodium vapor process [video] | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39962615)
[This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk)

[GitHub - mikeroyal/CNT-Guide: Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) Guide](https://github.com/mikeroyal/CNT-Guide)

## optics

[Fluorite lenses: Corrective capabilities beyond ordinary optical glass | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39020258)
[Fluorite lenses: Corrective capabilities beyond the limits of ordinary optical glass - Canon Camera Museum](https://global.canon/en/c-museum/special/exhibition2.html)

## steel

["No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38807720)
["No inventions; no innovations," a History of US Steel](https://www.construction-physics.com/p/no-inventions-no-innovations-a-history)