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MIT researchers devise new lithium-ion battery material to provide a more sustainable alternative to cobalt-containing batteries for electric cars.

With electric vehicles on the rise in the time of climate change, scientists have been working towards developing more sustainable batteries to prevent excessive waste.

Recently, MIT researchers devised a new lithium-ion battery material that could provide a more sustainable alternative to cobalt-containing batteries for electric cars.

MIT reports that in a new study, the researchers demonstrated a newly developed material, produced at a significantly lower cost than batteries containing cobalt, exhibits comparable electrical conductivity to cobalt batteries.

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For the past decade, researchers have been exploring hafnia’s ferroelectric properties, particularly in a crystal phase where it exhibits electric polarization.

To revolutionize high-performance computing, scientists and engineers are making strides in harnessing the potential of hafnium oxide, commonly known as hafnia. The latest study outlines processes for manipulating hafnia, aiming to pave the way for the next generation of computing memory.

For the past decade, researchers have explored hafnia’s ferroelectric properties, particularly in a crystal phase exhibiting electric polarization.

“Hafnia is a very exciting material because of its practical applications in computer technology, especially for data storage,” explained Singh, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester, in a press release. Unlike current magnetic forms of memory that are slow, energy-intensive, and inefficient, ferroelectric memory offers non-volatility, retaining values even when powered off.

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The Mini LineFly strives to improve utility workers’ safety and safeguards wildlife from accidental contact with power lines, reducing the probability of unintended bird collisions.

With the world already witnessing the launch of a myriad of robotic devices since last year, another drone-based robotic system takes to the skies.

This new unmanned robotic system called the Mini LineFly is seemingly the world’s most advanced automated robotic system devised to install bird diverts on overhead power lines, according to a statement by the founding companies.

Introducing Mini LineFly

PLP (Preformed Line Products) and FulcrumAir partnered to launch the Mini LineFly bots, the first already functioning during the High Banks Wind Project in Kansas.

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Despite this historic feat achieved by the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), challenges persist.

The mission team established immediate communication with the lander post-landing, but concerns arose as the solar cell struggled to generate electricity.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to switch off the Moon lander almost three hours after the historic landing.

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The new virus is thought to eliminate dormant bacteria, providing significant hope against the predicted 10 million annual deaths expected by 2050.

When bacteria encounter a lack of nutrients or experience stress induced by the antibiotics, they undergo a regulated shutdown of their metabolism, entering a dormant resting state.

This ETH Zurich-led discovery significantly advances addressing the global superbug crisis.

The researchers state that this newly identified virus can effectively attack these dormant bacteria when paired with drugs.

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