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Ferrocious first-principles ping.
We used something like this as variable fine tuning capacitors.
LOL. HOW MUCH did this thin film basic research cost? How many chilrun could have been fed instead of discovering “that thin films of europium titanate become both ferroelectric (electrically polarized) and ferromagnetic (exhibiting a permanent magnetic field) when stretched across a substrate of dysprosium scandate, another type of oxide.
Actually it’s kinda cool.
I know I'm being picky, but the above is a bad use of language. There was another thread here last week, talking about a different scientific advancement which (IIRC) said that something happened "through a magical process".
When our science writers "explain" science by saying "it's magic", we have a problem.
Dang! This sounds like “The Magical Thajical Compound” that an old PE friend used to joke about. “Guaranteed to never break, rip, buckle or bust! The longer you wear it the thicker it gets!” Yep! That’s it, alright!
Actually, I’m a sucker for new stuff. I think it’s great. If they hurry up they may be able to actually make something out of it before Jesus comes back in the Rapture. That’s when I’m leaving.......with HIM! ;oD