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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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Chloride is the common element in many different types of salts such as sodium chloride (table salt) and calcium chloride (commonly used for road salt). We have made dramatic improvements to acid rain and air quality, and we’re trying to address climate change this way. This work was supported by Maryland Sea Grant (Award No.

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Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. times above that of sodium-ion batteries with graphite electrodes.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the nuclear energy firm TerraPower plans to retrofit an existing coal plant with a sodium fast reactor. That plant, situated in the coal mining town of Colstrip, currently faces its imminent end as nearby Oregon and Washington plan to ban coal power by 2025. In Kemmerer, Wyo.,

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