Scientists Create First Ever Magnetic Gas
Dr. Megavoltvia MlahanasHe got his PhD in blowing mindsFor decades, scientists have debated whether or not gasses could display the same magnetic properties as solids. Now, thanks to some MIT...
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KabulDoD photo by Cherie A. ThurlbyA CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over Kabul, Afghanistan, June 4, 2007Right now, every mining company CEO in the world has one thing on the mind:...
View ArticleWhy Afghanistan's Lithium Is a Big Deal, Even If It Never Leaves the Ground
Lithium Evaporation PondSeth FletcherPart of SQM's operations on the Salar de Atacama in northern ChileImmediately after the New York Timespublished a report last week of the Pentagon's "discovery" of...
View ArticleAt Least for the Next Ten Years, “Peak Lithium” is Nonsense
Lithium PoolSeth FletcherA lithium evaporation pond at the operations of SQM in Chile's Atacama Desert.The noise about "Peak Lithium"—the idea that not enough economically extractable lithium exists in...
View ArticleStartup Harvests Otherwise Wasted Lithium From Geothermal Power Plants
Lithium PoolSeth FletcherA lithium evaporation pond at the operations of SQM in Chile's Atacama Desert.Portable electronics and electric cars both need a steady supply of lithium, and while the world...
View ArticleScientists Create First Ever Magnetic Gas
Science For decades, scientists have debated whether or not gasses could display the same magnetic properties as solids. Now, thanks to some MIT scientists, they know the answer is a… For decades,...
View ArticleU.S. Geologists Uncover Staggering $1 Trillion Cache of Unmined Mineral...
Cars With huge quantities of rare-earth elements valuable to high-tech industries like lithium-ion battery production, will Afghanistan become the "Saudi Arabia" of the future? Right now, every mining...
View ArticleWhy Afghanistan's Lithium Is a Big Deal, Even If It Never Leaves the Ground
Cars Lithium is cheap and widely available, so why do we care about a new resource in a war zone? Because it’s another counter to the irrational fear that the automobile’s lithium-powered electric...
View ArticleAt Least for the Next Ten Years, “Peak Lithium” is Nonsense
Cars At the Lithium Supply and Markets conference in Toronto, analysts make clear that until 2020 there will literally be more than enough of the element to go around The noise about “Peak...
View ArticleStartup Harvests Otherwise Wasted Lithium From Geothermal Power Plants
Technology Portable electronics and electric cars both need a steady supply of lithium, and while the world has plenty of it (at least for the foreseeable future), hardly any is… Portable electronics...
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