A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that resists corrosion far better than conventional stainless steel. Even more impressive, it could replace costly titanium parts used in today’s hydrogen systems.
I hate when they se terms like “cannot be explained” in the headline, and then proceed to explain it in the article.
How lazy are journalists and editors these days?
Except the article says the same thing that the title does. They explain that it does work but that they don’t know why because by all expectations it shouldn’t.
A material that should make the alloy less resistant to corrosion actually makes it more so, and they can’t explain why.
You wouldn’t believe!
Number 4 will shock you!
I’m right there with you when that kind of clickbaiting crops up, but this article actually isn’t doing that; they’re directly quoting the researchers:
This seems like a genuinely novel discovery.
How dare you attempt to temper my outrage!
Tempering the metal might ruin the protective properties!
Fuck you for making me giggle. Take this upvote and shove it!
DID SOMEBODY SAY OUTRAGE?!
If something in a headline is in quotes, it should be a direct quote. In this case, they are following that standard. It’s a direct quote of Dr. Kaiping Yu who worked on the research.
It also happens to make for a very catchy headline.
It’s all clickbait, people see a headline like that and read the article because it sounds like someone is making magic metal.