Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-alloy-surpasses-fuel-cell.html "cheaper, highly efficient, durable, long-life... platinum/ magnesium synergy very strong, preventing degradation over time... overcomes nanoparticle synthesis challenge, combining platinum's excellent reaction speed with magnesium's durability/ affordability... also, other electrochemical reactions (hydrogen production)" Related: Creating nanoislands enhances platinum catalyst efficiency https://phys.org/news/2025-01-nanoislands-platinum-catalyst-efficiency.html Platinum catalyst brings high-efficiency hydrogen vehicles closer to commercialization https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122689

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-quantum-magnetic.html "single layer molybdenum ditelluride flakes small, mutual twist angles honeycomb lattice, few degrees above absolute zero, intrinsic magnetism arose...laser. probes... anyons quasiparticles different from  electrons used as topological qubits. Wrapping non-Abelian anyons around each other generate entangled quantum state, resistant to local disturbances... charges within their experimental system interact strongly enough to stabilize the FQAH state... fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect" Related: Researchers control the anomalous Hall effect and Berry curvature to create flexible quantum magnets https://phys.org/news/2023-07-anomalous-hall-effect-berry-curvature.html Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds https://phys.org/news/2024-02-electrons-fractions-graphene.html Physicists move one step closer to topological quantum computing https://phys.org/news/2024-07-physicists-closer-topological-qu...

  https://phys.org/news/2023-06-crystals-electric-field-magnetism.html "E-induced phase transformation and lattice distortion... multiferroic BiFeO3-based solid solutions near morphotropic phase boundary... multifunctional memory devices... room temperature, less energy, high-speed, low-power information storage, spintronics devices... multiferroic 0.58BiFeO3-0.42Bi0.5K0.5TiO3 crystals... coupling between magnetism and ferroelectricity lattice distortion and phase transformation induced by external E.. E control of magnetism and low-E switching of magnetism low-power spintronics" Related: Spontaneous quasi-crystal self-assembly observed using tiny vibrating magnetic spheres https://phys.org/news/2023-07-spontaneous-quasi-crystal-self-assembly-tiny-vibrating.html Novel approach to advanced electronics, data storage with ferroelectricity https://phys.org/news/2023-10-approach-advanced-electronics-storage-ferroelectricity.html Electrical control of magnetism by electric field an...

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-magnetic-imaging-crucial-property-2d.html "superconducting quantum interference device, SQUID,, low temperatures small magnetic fields... molybdenum disulfide, a van der Waal... spin coating SQUID with micron-thick layer ionic liquid positioning close to fragile sample without damaging... expelling magnetic field... spin coating their SQUID with a micron-thick layer of ionic liquid and positioning it as close as possible to the fragile sample without damaging it... revealed material expelling the device's magnetic field" Related: Physicists discover 'stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism' https://phys.org/news/2023-05-physicists-stacked-pancakes-liquid-magnetism.html Magnetic guidewire steering at ultrahigh magnetic fields for medical imaging https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-magnetic-guidewire-ultrahigh-fields-medical.html Tunable and Controllable Monoatomic Layer Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Discovered at the Heterointerface of ...

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-alloys-successfully-strong-mechanical-bond.html "miscibility and immiscibility of constituent elements in bond... 3D interlocked microstructure at interface of iron and magnesium... ideal mechanical bonding method that creates a strong anchoring effect between materials that cannot form strong bonds... dealloying technique to bond immiscible dissimilar materials and produce new light-weight materials that reduce the fuel consumption of automobiles, trains, and airplanes Related: New structural insights could lead to mechanical enhancement in alloys https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-insights-mechanical-alloys.html

https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2023/04/11/glip-generation-corp-announces-major-breakthrough-magnetic-fields/ "fraction of gas, diesel, or nuclear material... Wind and hydro smaller, quieter, more powerful, and efficient... greater EV distance smaller batteries faster chargeing... instead of back EMF resisting rotor, it assimilated by another fiel so neutralized and not effecting torque... 150kw AC magnet-less generator successfully tested and 3rd party verified... Replacing KWs with gauss... MEIM DC motor... no DC to AC power converters in EVs... recyclable and reusable magnets consistently re-magnetized"

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-strong-microwave-magnetic-fields-efficient.html "longer stability... double quartz tube with solid material converted into plasma sitting within inner tube... extracting pure rare earth metals from their ores... cerium, lanthanum and neodymium, are becoming widely used in large-scale applications, including manufacture of rechargeable batteries for EVs... plasma of calcium and magnesium to release scandium and vanadium atoms from their oxide ores" Related: Researchers develop scalable and continuous surface modification process for magnesium alloy wires https://phys.org/news/2023-04-scalable-surface-modification-magnesium-alloy.html

https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/riveting-technology-enables-lightweight-magnesium-fasteners-fuel-efficiency "While a magnesium alloy has high strength for its light weight, magnesium tends to be brittle at room temperature. So typically, magnesium alloy rivets are heated to get them soft enough to hammer and bend without breaking... new friction-based riveting technology, called Rotating Hammer Riveting (RHR), avoids the need to pre-heat the metal to form the rivet and improves the fastening joint. It also works on aluminum rivets... The processing method is also significantly faster"