The Rare Earth Elements… a short history
I’ve had the good fortune and pleasure of speaking to industry, student, and investor groups, government officials, and professional associations over the years. The themes of my presentations evolve...
View ArticleNew UV LED Could Lead To Portable, Low-Cost Devices
Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) are developing a new kind of ultraviolet LED, which could lead to more portable and low-cost uses of the technology. It apparently runs at much lower voltages...
View ArticleMaterials Science in the Silicon Age
Ever wonder how tin and indium were chosen to layer the screen of the phone in your pocket? What made designers build planes out of aluminum and what is driving the substitution to carbon fibre from...
View ArticleBaby, It’s Cold Inside!!… Thanks to Magnets
Almost four years ago, I posted a piece titled Magnetic Refrigeration May Be Closer Than We Think (March 14th, 2010) in which I briefly described some of the advances being made Karl Gschneidner and...
View ArticleReadable REE Particles Crack Down on Counterfeits
Sourced from: ewallstreeter.com I just read the other day, thanks to nanowerk.com and phys.org, that according to a 2013 United Nations report, some 2 to 5 percent of all international trade involves...
View ArticleRare Earth – Enabled Microcapsules Deliver
A team of Australian and German researchers recently reported in the German Chemical Society journal Angewandte Chemise that they had formed microcapsules through a relatively simple self-assembly...
View ArticleGadolinium-Enhanced Injection Approved as Contrast Agent for Evaluation of...
Bayer HealthCare, a member of the giant Bayer Group, announced on June 12, 2014 that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gadavist (gadobutrol) for intravenous use to assess the presence...
View ArticleRare Metals bring you the iPhone6
There was and is certainly a lot of buzz around Apple’s recently announced iPhone6 and its Apple Watch. Both of these products only confirm our underlying prognosis of Rare Metals Matter… especially in...
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