MIT researchers developed a low-temperature process for extracting battery-grade lithium from the common mineral spodumene. The closed-loop process could help the U.S. tap into its own abundant sources of lithium, a critical element that is currently refined primarily in China.
It might be. Fluorine chemistry is not exactly the most widely researched avenue simply due to the inherent danger of it.
I’m hopeful. A lot of true breakthroughs are relatively simple and seemingly obvious in hindsight.
Agreed. We made the nuke before the compound bow because precision machining wasn’t that easy to do, but one we got it down, tools changed rapidly.
First bow- Paleolithic 48,000 BC or older Longbow- 4,000 BC or older Composite bow- 3000-1200 BC Compound bow- 1966 AD Fission nuke- 1945 Fusion bomb 1952
Checks out, but that is… Fucking nuts.