Using the "refined hairline grooves" of a peacock as a template, a research team led by Professor Jay Guo has found success in creating a prototype of one such high-res display by crafting nanoscale metallic grooves on silver-plated glass.

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The models involved are the 12-cup coffeemaker version with a molded handle the same color as the machine and a silver metallic bracket running around the glass near the bottom, the safety commission's recall announcement said.

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Above the weathered-steel lower levels, the upper floors, also in steel and glass, are white and silver.

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Silver: Besides its well-known uses in making jewelry, silverware and coins, silver is in dental fillings, architectural glass and hearing aids.

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The front casings are still black or white glass, but the backs are brushed silver aluminum or slate anodized aluminum, respectively.

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And we, as consumers, face these sheer walls, smooth as glass, edifices of obsidian, crystal, and silver that reach up to the sky, blocking all but a tiny patch of light.

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He became fascinated with photography and wondered: Wasn't there an easier way to do it than with heavy, glass-plate negatives that had to be dipped in silver nitrate and processed on the spot?

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On a silver-plated chain dangles an "ocean blue" heart pendant made of glass and reminiscent of the fictional jewel used as a plot device in Mr. Cameron's movie.

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It is made of gold-plated silver, but the jewels were fakes, with the stones around the bottom rim made from coloured glass and a foil backing.

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