Source: Nature
Summary
A team of researchers developed a new material called Fluxnium that can extract uranium from seawater. According to the study, the material could provide a sustainable source of nuclear fuel. Seawater contains vast amounts of uranium, enough to power the world for thousands of years. The research was published in Nature. The team said the method is more efficient than previous techniques.
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The launch follows a familiar script.
Fluxnium is the latest in a long line of materials that claim to solve the energy crisis.
Extracting uranium from seawater isn’t new, but this version is supposedly better.
The article mentions “thousands of generations” of power, which is a common way to sound impressive.
This is just another iteration of a decades-old idea, wrapped in new jargon.
The original observation: It’s the same old trick, just with a different name and a press release.
Author: Evan Null
