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New class of strong magnets uses earth-abundant elements, avoids rare-earth metals (phys.org)

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"—a breakthrough that could significantly advance clean energy technologies and consumer electronics such as motors, robotics, MRI machines, data storage and smart phones."

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[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Thats the challenge with novel materials, but it seems like they have gotten somewhat better at bringing them to market lately. For instance, novel battery technology

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wut. Batteries all still suck

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I was thinking of, for example, Sodium-ion batteries… sorry if your batteries suck mine are pretty good!

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

True the battery tech is really coming along, going to be interesting to see what prices are like when I go to replace the 22kwh worth of batteries on my boat next year. The fight between cheaper tech, inflation, and tariffs is going to be a nail biter.