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Yoshihito Kawamura, professor at the Kumamoto University Graduate School of Science and Technology developed the strongest ultralight magnesium alloy ,of which weight is 2/3 of 7075 aluminium alloy. (Related article)
On the other hand, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) developed a new rolling process for commercial magnesium alloy sheets with high room-temperature formability. (Press Release)
This means that a conventional press-forming machine without heating equipment can be used to press the new magnesium alloy sheets and that significant cost reduction and enhanced productivity can be expected.
Greentech Media said:
The Department of Energy announced $106M today in funding for 37 experimental projects that could radically change the ways that we think of “alternative energy.”
One of these projects is an inexpensive, rechargeable magnesium-ion battery for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle.
Pellion Technologies, Inc. – $3.2M – the project will develop an inexpensive, rechargeable magnesium-ion battery for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle applications. Computational methods and accelerated chemical synthesis will be used to develop new materials and chemistries.
WIRED VISION introduces “Magnesium battery” developed by TSC and SAITEC. (This article is written in Japanese)
TSC and SAITEC is developping primary battery “magnesium-air battery” and “magnesium-water battery”, secondary battery “magnesium-metal battery”.
On Februaty 8th, a special topic of WBS, a TV news program in Japan, was “Magnesium”.
They introduce Magnesium as next-generation energy.
You can watch the special topic “Magnesium” from the following link. (Spoken in Japanese)

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