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New alloy made from iron, cobalt and manganese sets magnetism benchmark
Spintronics leverage electron spins to enhance solid-state devices, such as hard drives and cell phone components, by prolonging battery life. Now, a team of researchers from Montana State University...
Inorganic Cobalt metal in a new high-efficiency and cheapest catalyst for water electrolysis
A research team led by Professor Sangaraju Shanmugam of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST with the collaboration of the research group of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA, has f...
Cobalt Could Untangle Chips’ Wiring Problems
Intel and GlobalFoundries are replacing some copper connections with the resilient, conductive metal.
Today’s computer chips contain tens of kilometers of copper wiring, built up in 15 or so laye...
Vale looks to first-ever cobalt stream: report
Vale has hired Canada's Bank of Montreal (BMO) to raise around US$500 million from bidders for cobalt that would be produced at its Voisey's Bay nickel mine in eastern Canada
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Argus Metals Week 2018
The 10th Argus Metals Week will take place in London on 27 February – 2 March 2017. Alongside an expanded Battery Conference and SnWTa Summit, the 2018 event delivers more cobalt-dedicated sess...
Researchers develop a cheaper new fuel cell using cobalt
Researchers from the University of California have developed an inexpensive and efficient catalyst material for a new type of fuel cell which is made of porous carbon nanofibers embedded with a compou...
