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Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

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The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. —HIU system analyst Dr. Marcel Weil.

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Swiss researchers devise simple procedure to enhance performance of conventional Li-ion batteries without changing chemistries

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And it has the additional bonus of being transferable to other anode-cathode batteries such as those based on sodium. By rotating the magnet during this process, the platelets not only align vertically but in parallel formation to one another, like books on a shelf. The chemical composition of batteries remains the same. Resources.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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The course was the basis for his 1962 book Introduction to Radar Systems. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee. He served as chair of the France Section’s IEEE Life Members Affinity Group from 2004 to 2016.

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The Electrome: The Next Great Frontier For Biomedical Technology

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I’m senior editor Stephen Cass, and today I’m talking with a former Spectrum editor, Sally Adee, about her new book, We Are Electric: The New Science of Our Body’s Electrome. The first time it was committed to print is a 2016 paper by this guy called Arnold De Loof , a researcher out in Europe. It’s got sodium, potassium, calcium, etc.,

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