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LANXESS enters battery chemistry business; Li-ion electrolyte production in Leverkusen, Germany

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Starting next year, the Group will produce electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries for the Chinese company Tinci. The lithium is to be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from the brine used in bromine extraction at LANXESS’ site in El Dorado, Arkansas. Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co.

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Researchers create graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms

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An international group of physicists led by the University of Arkansas has created an artificial graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms in place of carbon atoms. The research was also partially funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The U of A-led group published its findings in Physical Review Letters. and Meyers, D.

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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production

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Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have crossed American sweetgums with their Chinese cousins, creating hybrid sweetgum trees that have a better growth rate and denser wood than natives, and can produce fiber year-round.

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One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid

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In July, Chinese researchers urged their government to increase the country's readiness for defending against a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. covering portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

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InDEED, a success

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Programs were conducted in English, Spanish, and Manderin Chinese. Back to being there In-person events included an EV parade from Little Rock to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new 6-unit EV charging station in Lonoke, Arkansas, as well as a second ribbon-cutting at a charging station in Walsenburg, Colorado.