From Money Morning (Australia)
Who would have thought that the new gold rush would be in material sciences?(CI: yes, who, who indeed?)
We're talking about everything from rare earths that drive precision lasers to the cobalt needed for rechargeable batteries
Not to mention the advanced materials that make computer chips run faster. Or the "smart" materials that are driving the nanotech revolution.
Of course the big news in what I call the Golden Age of Materials Science came less than nine years ago when two scientists discovered graphene.
It's a revolutionary material that will yield flat-screen TVs as thin as Saran Wrap, nanotech supercomputers, and neural implants that combat brain disease. No wonder the two scientists who discovered it won the Nobel Prize.
Now hundreds of scientists have hit the lab to look for new ways to tweak existing molecules -- or create whole new synthetic substances. They've already produced a steady stream of breakthroughs.
Today, I want to show you four ways you can profit from all of this radical change.
For most investors, that will mean focusing on the specialty chemicals sector, which is up about 22% in the past six months. That's more than double the market's overall move over the same the period.
Here are four material sciences stocks that have caught my eye thanks to their strong fundamentals and solid charts:See also:
New Materials Play No. 1: PolyOne Corp. (NYSE:POL)
Not only is this mid-cap leader on the cutting edge of high-tech materials, it has a rich history as well. The firm cut its teeth on plastics during the industry's dawn in the 1920s....MORE
Dec. 2009
What It Takes: Building a Materials Science Company for the 21st Century
Advanced Material Sciences research is one of the reasons I'm optimistic that this secular bear market will be a bit shorter than the '66-'82 bear. See posts below for some ideas that are close to commercialization....NOVA: Materials That Changed History (win a MacBook Air or iPod Touch)
"Top Investment Trends For Futurists" (PXN; TINY)
Possibly Major Materials Science Breakthrough: "Carbon Dioxide Super Scrubber?"
Oct. 2010
The 2010 Nobel prizes: Physics--Graphene Researchers Geim and Novoselov Win
Unlike the Peace Prize, you have to actually do something to win this one.And so many others I'd be listing them all night.
Materials science, yeah baby!...
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