Wow This Rare Mineral Can Make Our Internet 1 000 Times Faster
The perovskite, as the scientist Gustav Rose called it when he discovered it in the Ural Mountains, Russia, in 1839, is a calcium titanium oxide mineral. But according to Forbes magazine, its magic lies in the ability to hold many cations (ions with different positive charge) in its physical structure, giving engineers the ability to modify the mineral as they see fit. And while scientists have known about the mineral for a long time, researchers continue to find it useful....