Comments on: A Mineral You’ve Never Heard of Could Create Next-Gen Electronics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-you%e2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Just Me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/31/a-mineral-you%e2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-820443 Just Me Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:59:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-820443 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-you%e2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-617010 moderateGuy Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:32:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-617010 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-you%e2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-616982 lyllyth Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:47:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-616982 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-you%e2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-615873 nick Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:13:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-615873 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-you%e2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-could-create-next-gen-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-615851 Dennis Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:33:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25626#comment-615851 edit: never mind... Exciting stuff. edit: never mind…

Exciting stuff.

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