The two-dimensional (2D) metal chip made of tungsten ditelluride increases the storage speed by a hundred times. Is a faster and denser data storage revolution coming? According to a study published recently in Nature Physics, a US joint research team made a 2D metal chip using layered tungsten ditelluride with a thickness of only three atoms! While saving more energy, laying the foundation for the development of next-generation data storage materials.

Are high-content lithium elements rare in sun-like stars? Do solar-like stars produce Li? At what stage did it evolve? The international team led by researcher Zhao Gang of the National Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Kumar, using China's major scientific and technological infrastructure, the Guo Shoujing Telescope (LAMOST) spectral data and international GALAH sky-watching data, found that sun-like stars produce Li after helium flash generally, the discovery unravels the above puzzles.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and tungsten powder prices in the Chinese market remain weak adjustment as the market lacks liquid affected by continued spread of coronavirus around the world. Many authorities have to partially reinstate lockdowns, which reduces the transactions from overseas markets. 

Due to the development of battery technology and the use of plastic waste, scientists could provide new ways for renewable energy, conversion, and storage. A team of scientists from Purdue University in the US has successfully created a technology that enables them to convert waste polyethylene terephthalate into battery components.

To carve nanopatterns into 2D molybdenum ditelluride materials, researchers at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a high-precision technology. The new technology enables researchers to use microscalpels to break the links between atoms with a miniature scalpel. The team stated that it is extremely hard to structure materials using conventional lithography.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and tungsten powder prices in the Chinese market remain weak adjustment as the market lacks liquid affected by continued spread of coronavirus around the world. Many authorities have to partially reinstate lockdowns, which reduces the transactions from overseas markets. 

To improve the energy storage and service life of sodium batteries, scientists at Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a new anode structure using graphene-doped sodium. They believe that this new structure anode could potentially overcome some of the fundamental issues in increasing storage capacity and the lifetime of sodium-ion batteries.

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced the development of high-performance cathode material for lithium batteries by stabilizing the surface of over-lithiated layered oxides, using the salmon DNA.

The Montreal-based Geomega Resources company said its patent entitled "A system and a method for metallurgical extraction of rare earth elements (REE) and niobium” has been approved for grant by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Hollow nanocrystals may make Li-ion batteries achieve longer lives. According to Nature-Nanotechnology, a team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, Zurich Federal Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered nanometer-sized antimony crystals spontaneously form hollow structures, which could be a boon for Li-ion batteries by letting them have higher energy densities without shorter lives. This could also stretch out the time between charges.