Sentences with phrase «without rare earths»

«Without rare earths, you'd have to use larger, heavier magnets, and you'd have to build a stronger, more expensive tower to support them,» says materials scientist Alex King of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory.

«Your iPhone doesn't work without rare earths in there,» said Mark Smith, chief executive of Molycorp.

At Copenhagen, politicians talk of cutting carbon emissions, but they can't meet any targets without rare earth, and that means a sustainable supply, and not all from China.

But, without rare earth, Copenhagen means nothing.

It is possible to build wind turbines without rare earth elements, but doing so increases the complexity, decreases reliability, and jacks the generator weight up, which in turn means all the support structures have to be more massive, all of which results in higher cost.

Not exact matches

At 6:30 a.m. local time, he made it to the top of the earth's tallest peak, without the use of supplemental oxygen, a rare feat.

A rare, rogue exoplanet without a parent star drifts through space just 80 light - years from Earth, astronomers say.

His $ 2.5 million proposal under REACT was selected to develop strong magnets without the use of rare earth elements.

Without lightweight magnets made from alloys of rare earth elements, computer hard - drives and iPod headphones and speakers would be impossible.

But the Chinese have warned that their own domestic industry appetite for rare earths may eventually force them to stop exporting — an action that would leave the U.S. high - tech industries crippled without other readily available supplies.

You can snorkel in crystal clear water with some of the rarest marine life on earth without leaving the U.S.. On Oahu and Maui families can take snorkel trips to bays and coastal areas where turtles make their home.

Not greening their sex lives, but seeing the earth's rarest critters without further threatening these endangered species.