Cryogenic X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for battery interfaces
Oyakhire, S. T., Gong, H., Cui, Y., Bao, Z. & Bent, S. F. An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy primer…
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. We can stop it.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent…
FDNY finds dungeon casino, bootleg Prada warehouse and sketchy bedrooms under massage parlor: ‘Death trap’
The FDNY uncovered a basement labyrinth filled with slot machines, bootleg merchandise and sketchy cubbies with mattresses underneath…
NYC’s new e-bike battery crackdown includes push to confiscate ‘uncertified’ batteries
The Adams administration is looking to ban the storage and use of “uncertified” e-bike lithium-ion batteries after a…
New Yorkers fighting against massive battery storage plants find new ally in EPA chief Lee Zeldin
New Yorkers fighting the opening of massive battery energy plants in their neighborhoods have a powerful new ally:…
We can repurpose retired coal plants to produce green energy
A derelict coal power plant at the abandoned Indiana Army Ammunition Plant The American Explorer/Shutterstock Dozens of retired…
New York’s grid just got a Texas-sized wake-up call
Photo credit: Rotorworx 1 / Shutterstock Last month’s heat dome strained electric grids across the Eastern seaboard, with…
Stop the price wars: China’s state media guns target cutthroat industrial competition
China’s Communist Party mouthpiece has taken another shot at the unsustainable price wars dragging down industrial profits in…
Friction tech recovers lithium power from dead batteries without waste
With more and more electric vehicles, gadgets, and solar energy systems being used worldwide, the demand for lithium-ion…