A new solid-state sodium battery could do away with the need for lithium in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, making power packs both cheaper and safer without sacrificing the amount of charge a battery pack can hold.
Category: 25 November 2025
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COMPOUND IN COMMON FOODS CAN REJUVENATE IMMUNE SYSTEMS
The human immune system weakens as we age—but maybe not if we eat pomegranates and walnuts.
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HONDA REINVENTS THE CAR FRAME
Automotive engineers have spent the last century attempting to make car frames stiffer.
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BEZOS’S NEW JOB: GUIDING PROJECT PROMETHEUS
As an encore career after leaving Amazon in 2021, Jeff Bezos has formed Project Prometheus, named for the figure in Greek mythology who brought fire and the arts of civilization from the gods to humanity.
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MORE CIRCULAR INVESTMENTS: NVIDIA, MICROSOFT INVEST IN ANTHROPIC
Nvidia has committed as much as $10 billion and Microsoft up to $5 billion to Anthropic, the young AI company that makes the Claude platform. In return, Anthropic has pledged to spend $30 billion using Microsoft’s cloud services that, almost certainly, will be powered by Nvidia’s chips.
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JPMORGAN AIMS TO BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST FULLY AI-BASED MEGABANK
JPMorgan Chase, the world’s richest bank by market capitalization, is being “fundamentally rewired” to take the greatest possible advantage of AI, chief data analytics officer Derek Waldron said in a CNBC interview.
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WILL AI DEVELOPERS’ LOSSES SINK THE MEGATECH COMPANIES?
Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia all reported hefty third-quarter profits. However, much of their future earnings depend on their contracts with Anthropic, Open AI, and other stand-alone AI developers that, so far, show few prospects of having the money to make good on their commitments.
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PRESSURED BY BIG TECH, EU BACKTRACKS ON WORLD-FIRST AI LAW
The European Commission (EC) is thinking of suspending parts of its AI Act, the landmark suite of regulations it established in May 2024 to govern artificial intelligence amid intense pressure from Big Tech companies and the US government.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community this year.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
U.S. firms shed more than 11,000 jobs a week through late October, according to a report by payroll processor ADP.