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Materials Science

High-Strength, Non-Neodymium Magnets

Develop high-strength permanent magnets not made of rare-earth elements. Currently the high-strength magnets underpinning many technologies (e.g., hard disk drives, mobile phones, electric vehicle motors) are all made out of neodymium, a rare earth element at risk of supply chain shortages and environmental issues. 

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O’Shaughnessy Ventures awards $100K to Michelle Wang for additively manufactured magnet research
Research and Reviews

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We Have a Limited Ability to Acquire, Concentrate and Substitute Chemical Elements in Processes

Materials Science
The cost of materials is often dominated by the cost to obtain their constituent elements. What presents commercially as the “critical minerals problem” masks a larger scientific bottleneck on how we acquire, concentrate, and substitute chemical elements.
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