Lithium, the essential metal for batteries that power portable electric devices, including electric vehicles (EVs), is expected to be in increasingly short supply in coming years.
Tag: Science
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WOMEN’S DREAM COMES CLOSER: A NONTOXIC, REVERSIBLE MALE CONTRACEPTIVE
A male contraceptive pill that’s temporary and doesn’t mess with male hormones is coming closer, thanks to researchers at Baylor University’s medical school.
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CAR COMPANIES ANNOUNCE NEW ENGINES FOR DIFFERENT FUELS
Mazda, Subaru, and Toyota Motor Corp. have not followed the rest of the auto industry headlong into electric vehicles and now are emphasizing that distinction even more.
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SCIENTISTS GROW HEARTS IN LABS TO TEST NEW DRUGS
In labs, researchers have been growing heart “organoids”—parts of hearts—for years, as we first showed our readers in “The Garden of Organ” (27 Feb 2017).
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ABUNDANT ELEMENT COULD HELP MAKE CO2 A VALUABLE FEEDSTOCK
Carbon dioxide—CO2—contains a valuable commodity: carbon monoxide (CO), which is used as a basis for making plastics and diesel and jet fuels.
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TOMORROW’S COMPUTERS: SILICON AND QUBITS OUT, LASERS IN
LightSolver, a young Israeli company, claims to have created a computer that runs on 100 lasers instead of the chips in conventional computers or the qubits that are at the heart of quantum computers.
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COWS MAKE THE MEDICINE
A genetically engineered cow in Brazil has produced human insulin in her milk, a global first.
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VTOL AIRPLANES GO COMMERCIAL
After years of speculation about fixed-wing, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (VTOL), German manufacturer Lilium has just landed an order for 20 all-electric VTOLs from UrbanLink, a regional airline that’s first in the U.S. to commit to flying the technology commercially.
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COULD DAD’S ANTIBIOTICS COMPROMISE HIS OFFSPRINGS’ HEALTH?
It’s only a study in mice but the implications are clear: common antibiotics may disrupt a father’s ability to sire healthy children.
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SLASHING COMPUTERS’ POWER CONSUMPTION WITH “MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING”
From crypto mining to power-hungry AI data centers to the rise of electric cars, the world’s demand for electricity is growing faster than utility companies can hang cables.