YInMn Blue: The first new blue in two centuries Posted by zhinit on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:04AM from the chemistry.oregonstate.edu dept. https://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/chemistry-news-events/yinmn-blue ( 2 comments | 3 points | on HN )
“In 2009… what emerged from the furnace was a brilliant blue…”
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Previous discussions:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25807199
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25886601
Two articles about the discovery:
- https://www.npr.org/2016/07/16/485696248/a-chemist-accidenta...
- https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-quest-for-billion-do...