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An international team of scientists eyeing next-generation energy storage solutions have demonstrated an eco-friendly and low-cost battery with some exciting potential. The group’s novel sodium-sulfur battery design offers a fourfold increase on energy… Continue reading Cheap sodium-sulfur battery boasts 4x the capacity of lithium-ion
Israeli cultured meat outfit Believer Meats, known formerly as Future Meat, is looking to play a pivotal role in the availability of lab-grown meat products, and a new facility under construction in the US should help these efforts along. The company s… Continue reading World’s largest cultured meat factory takes shape in the US
Researchers are working to improve battery technology in all kinds of ways, and among the most important is addressing the issue of flammability. Scientists have cooked up a new electrolyte recipe that tackles this in a highly promising way, leaning on… Continue reading Stanford’s extra salty electrolyte makes for flameproof batteries
With its Starlink satellite-based internet now up and running in many corners of the globe, SpaceX is introducing a dedicated arm for national security applications. Called Starshield, the service is intended for use by governments, which will be able … Continue reading SpaceX launches Starshield satellite service for national security
Ever since taking off on its historic first flight last year, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has been single-handedly raising the bar for the Red Planet’s aviation scene, and has now soared to its greatest heights yet. The latest outing for the Mars helic… Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sets an altitude record on Mars
Lightning strikes are thought to occur almost 50 times a second around the world, but there is still much for us to learn about these incredibly energetic flashes of light. One particularly longstanding mystery is why lightning takes on a zigzag shape … Continue reading Excited molecules explain the mysterious zigzag patterns of lightning
Scientists investigating the potential of a non-invasive laser therapy to improve cognitive function have produced some promising early results. There are important questions still to answer, but the team demonstrated an ability to boost short-term mem… Continue reading Experimental laser therapy offers boost to short-term memory
DHL Group is making some interesting moves in its efforts to decarbonize its operations, deploying mail-carrying robots in Germany, flying delivery drones in Tanzania and lining up all-electric cargo planes for the US. Its latest steps mightn’t be its … Continue reading DHL lines up 2,000 electric Transit cargo vans from Ford
A highly sensitive, next-generation radio observatory has started to come to life, with construction now officially underway on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Australia and South Africa. The dual-site science facility is set to become one of the l… Continue reading Construction begins on the world’s largest radio observatory
A highly sensitive, next-generation radio observatory has started to come to life, with construction now officially underway on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Australia and South Africa. The dual-site science facility is set to become one of the l… Continue reading Construction begins on the world’s largest radio observatory