The Future of Energy: ‘Spintronics’

13 03 2009

Yariv, a friend in San Francisco, clued me in on a breakthrough in magnetic materials that is sure to get quite a bit of attention in coming months.  Apparently, physicists have developed a type of battery that generates electricity and potentially stores information without heat expenditure.  Size-relative to conventional chemical batteries, these nano-based magnetic batteries produce hundreds of times more power and can be fully recharged in seconds.  The implications for items such as cell-phones, hard-drives and cars  are staggering.

Read the press release here.


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