Scientists Turn Tequila Into Diamonds 249
MaxwellEdison writes "Researchers, oddly enough from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, have found a way to make diamond films using tequila. They were originally testing methods of creating the films with organic solutions like acetone when it was noticed the ideal ratios of water and ethanol turned out to be about 80 proof, or 40% alcohol. '"To dissipate any doubts, one morning on the way to the lab I bought a pocket-size bottle of cheap white tequila and we did some tests," Apátiga said. "We were in doubt over whether the great amount of chemicals present in tequila, other than water and ethanol, would contaminate or obstruct the process, it turned out to be not so. The results were amazing, same as with the ethanol and water compound, we obtained almost spherical shaped diamonds of nanometric size. There is no doubt; tequila has the exact proportion of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms necessary to form diamonds."'"
this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Now, are they sure about this? (Score:5, Funny)
good news (Score:5, Funny)
This is good news. Shortly, you'll be able to use the same substance that got you into this mess, for the ring.
But now we'll have to protect these scientists, as well as tequila factories, lest DeBeers have them assassinated.
cost of being an alcoholic has gone up (Score:3, Funny)
Re:good news (Score:5, Funny)
This is good news. Shortly, you'll be able to use the same substance that got you into this mess, for the ring.
Hey, some of us can make that mistake perfectly sober, thank you very much.
Yikes (Score:4, Funny)
As much tequila as I've put away in the past, I'm thinking I should have examined more closely the output from a recent bout with kidney stones...
Re:this just makes sense (Score:2, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Which reminds me of this [flickr.com] [NSFW]
Shit... (Score:3, Funny)
Backwards... (Score:4, Funny)
I've been doing the reverse for years. I'm not even a scientist.
Tequila - Diamond (Score:3, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:god and diamonds (Score:5, Funny)
"Tequila is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy and rich" -- Jose Cuervo Sauza-Patron
Re:Yikes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Diamonds make girls easier to sleep with; tequila makes girls easier to sleep with. We really should have seen this earlier.
I can't decide whether it's funny or sad that this was modded informative.
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
My thoughts? Like a Pawn Shop in reverse-gear.
Now, where's my candy colored clown?
Re:cost of being an alcoholic has gone up (Score:5, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, me neither...that post is goddamn insightful!
Re:this just makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Yikes (Score:5, Funny)
I'm almost certain there's a 'your mother' joke in there somewhere.
Worms are a girls best friend... (Score:3, Funny)
No, it's an Anejo, you insensitive clod!
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yikes (Score:4, Funny)
I was gonna call for a rimshot...but that would just be tasteless
They probably... (Score:5, Funny)
Just got caught with the tequila at work, and had to come up with an excuse quickly.
Umm... we're... um... um... trying to make diamond nanospheres with it! Yeah, diamond nanospheres! That's the ticket.
Re:Shit... (Score:4, Funny)
There goes my liver...
Think of the possibilities:
1. buy some cheap tequila
2. turn it into diamonds to buy more tequila
3. dare I say it?...Profit! And liver damage.
Re:They probably... (Score:5, Funny)
Just got caught with the tequila at work, and had to come up with an excuse quickly.
Umm... we're... um... um... trying to make diamond nanospheres with it! Yeah, diamond nanospheres! That's the ticket.
I just say my code is compiling.
This isn't a big deal (Score:5, Funny)
I have personally turned tequila into many things. Including vomit and diarrhea.
Re:Yikes (Score:2, Funny)
diamond and pearl necklace
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
*And* tequila works just fine by itself when there aren't any girls around. What the hell are diamonds good for ?
Re:this just makes sense (Score:1, Funny)
I don't get it.
Re:this just makes sense (Score:3, Funny)
I wouldn't say "no amount of tequila"...
As they say, one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
Re:It's inevitable (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's inevitable (Score:1, Funny)
Because the research was done in Mexico instead of Russia? Wonder if the Physics departments at various colleges in Kentucky are working on their proposals yet,,,
ATTENTION BREWERS: Promotional opportunity is knocking! Fund some physics reasearch.
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
To buy more tequila.
Ahh tequila (Score:4, Funny)
is there nothing you can't do? From creating diamonds to making me forget my freshman (and most of my sophomore)year at college.
Good Times,good times...
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
What a Waste (Score:4, Funny)
Why would anyone waste good tequila on rocks? Call me back when someone can turn cheap beer into tequila.
Re:Oh that's just great (Score:3, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Yikes (Score:4, Funny)
Why not? Whether they dream of it or not, their fingers will eventually be wrapped around our balls anyway.
Ah yes, they do teach the "twist and pull" in women's self-defence classes.
Re:It's inevitable (Score:2, Funny)
Professor: "Your supposed to be working on bourbon in the nano-rocks not bourbon on the rocks!"
GA: "We had to adjust the alcohol to water ratio, so we are slowly melting ice into the bourbon with frequent ratio checks."
Professor: "OK, carry on. Oh, and give me one for sampling purposes."
Re:god and diamonds (Score:4, Funny)
"vodka is proof god hates us and wants us to die."
--american dude morning after drinking with russians
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
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Only in Mexico (Score:3, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Fuck'em.
When they invent a way of turning diamonds into tequila, wake me up.
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Good news!
Those girls will be in Hell as well. Along with some of the best Rock bands.
Re:this just makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
reserved for child molesters and people who speak in the theater?
Re:this just makes sense (Score:2, Funny)
New to slashdot, eh?
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Re:sounds like... (Score:1, Funny)
Too much Tequila always gives me buckyballs
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
I prefer chloroform. It even comes with a sure-fire pick up line: "hey, smell this rag..."
Shine On... (Score:2, Funny)
...you Crazy Mexicans
Re:It's inevitable (Score:3, Funny)
You will never find a bottle of Tequila with a worm in it
I beg to differ. I put a worm in a bottle of Tequila then put it in my fridge. My parents promptly found it.
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
There is no cow level
Re:this just makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
In Thailand you can get more for less.
Re:Homebrew Applications (Score:3, Funny)
Can't you club the rubber seals? ;)
Re:this just makes sense (Score:1, Funny)
"Nietzsche is dead" - God, 1900
Testifying for the non-existent God that cannot obviously do it himself, as if that worked as some kind of an argument... - You, 2008
Pointing out that you testifying is not just funny, it also proves nothing. - Me, 2008
Re:this just makes sense (Score:3, Funny)
You drink tequila by the pint? That's badass.