Comments on: A Mineral You’ve Never Heard of Could Create Next-Gen Electronics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-youve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Just Me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-youve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/#comment-24982 Just Me Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:59:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-24982 What about the environmental impact after a products useful life? Is there one? What about the environmental impact after a products useful life? Is there one?

]]> By: moderateGuy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-youve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/#comment-24981 moderateGuy Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:32:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-24981 You've never heard of it only if you're a peasant. "Molycirc", short for molybdenite circuitry has been standard staple of science fiction for a decade or more, particularly David Weber's You’ve never heard of it only if you’re a peasant. “Molycirc”, short for molybdenite circuitry has been standard staple of science fiction for a decade or more, particularly David Weber’s

]]> By: lyllyth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-youve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/#comment-24980 lyllyth Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:47:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-24980 Yes, but which isotope do they propose using, and how toxic is it? How does it affect our metabolism? We have several enzymes that contain certain forms of it...what happens if it's suddenly far more prevalent to human exposure than before? Implications for thyroid, gout, etc. ? Yes, but which isotope do they propose using, and how toxic is it? How does it affect our metabolism? We have several enzymes that contain certain forms of it…what happens if it’s suddenly far more prevalent to human exposure than before? Implications for thyroid, gout, etc. ?

]]> By: nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-youve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/#comment-24979 nick Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:13:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-24979 Oh but I have heard of that mineral. ;) http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/01/molybdenite-better-than-silicon-and-in.html Oh but I have heard of that mineral. ;) http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/01/molybdenite-better-than-silicon-and-in.html

]]> By: Dennis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-youve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/#comment-24978 Dennis Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:33:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-24978 edit: never mind... Exciting stuff. edit: never mind…

Exciting stuff.

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