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TAKE THAT, CHINA!
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[quote:Ex-AFOSI:MV8xMzM1Mzg0XzIxOTUzODAwX0I3QUVFRTU0] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1240899] Sorry but, China has the brain power they won the battle of brain power. They graduate 500000 university engineers every year this is more engineers than what exists in the US right now. Further, these guys are hard working and want to make it unlike the people in the US and the west in general being lazy and often easy going. That makes the hell out of difference. China has prdoduced the fastes computer, the faster train and even the a new space technology considering the incidents that took place, UFO like objects, proved later to be military experimnents near airports travgelling at speedsin excess of 20000 km per hour. Make your choice facts and reality has to prevail in the end and not talk. [/quote] Quantity is no substitute for quality, not to mention that an unrestricted academic atmosphere coupled with unfettered access to information is a prerequisite for true engineering excellence. This China does not have. And someone who believes in vehicles traveling '20000 km per hour' around Chinese airports probably shouldn't lecture about 'reality'. [/quote]
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Rare earth battle takes a new turn.
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link to www.technologyreview.com
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"Stronger, lighter magnets could enter the market in the next few years, making more efficient car engines and wind turbines possible.
Researchers need the new materials because today's best magnets use rare-earth metals, whose supply is becoming unreliable even as demand grows.
So researchers are now working on new types of nanostructured magnets that would use smaller amounts of rare-earth metals than standard magnets. Many hurdles remain, but
GE Global Research hopes to demonstrate new magnet materials within the next two years
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This could be one more reason GE has so much clout in the White House.
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