A team of Mexican scientists found that the heated vapor from 80-proof (40% alcohol) tequila blanco, when deposited on a silicon or stainless steel substrate, can form diamond films.

一组墨西哥科学家发现从标准度数（40%酒精含量）的银色龙舌兰酒中加热得到的热蒸汽当凝结到硅或不锈钢基底上时能够形成钻石薄膜。

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Among them: the 42-carat Emperor Maximilian, named for the Austrian archduke who, legend has it, was wearing the diamond around his neck in a pouch when he faced a Mexican firing squad in 1867.

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The birds taken include Mexican house finches, green singing finches, java sparrows, Bengalese finches, diamond doves, painted finches and waxbills.

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