Texas A&M University scientists have been working with metal-free, water-based battery electrodes, and they’re finding that the difference in energy storage capacity is as much as 1,000%. How the water-based batteries work In the scientists’ paper, published in Nature Materials this week, the water-based, or aqueous, batteries consist of a cathode – the negatively charged electrode;
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The S & P 500 concluded a topsy-turvy — yet winning — first quarter of 2023 on Friday, overcoming a shock to the U.S. banking system in March to rise around 7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite proved to be the real standout, soaring nearly 17 % . The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average , meanwhile,
The U.S. has placed major chip export restrictions on Huawei and Chinese firms over the past few years. This has cut off companies’ access to critical semiconductors. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s chip industry will be “reborn” as a result of U.S. sanctions, a top boss at Huawei said Friday, as the
Two people were killed and dozens of people injured after a tornado ripped through the Arkansas capital of Little Rock and surrounding US towns on Friday afternoon. Elsewhere, a third person died after a theatre roof collapsed in Belvidere, Illinois, during another tornado with 28 people injured as the Midwest struggles with intense and destructive
Ahead of her first TV role airing Lily Allen has spoken to Sky News about why she’s moved from music to drama and how her own “dysfunctional” family helped inform her character. In new comedy Dreamland she plays a woman returning to her family in Margate, who soon finds out she’s brought more than she
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses could face “tough decisions” following changes to the energy support scheme, according to the Federation of Small Businesses. The Energy Bills Discount scheme has been introduced to provide UK businesses, charities and the public sector support with energy bills. This scheme for non-domestic energy users will see discounts provided
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been released from jail in Romania. He and his brother have been placed under house arrest instead. The 36-year-old former professional kickboxer and his brother Tristan are being investigated over allegations of sexual assault and exploitation. They are also being detained on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking. The
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla Semi Courtesy: Tesla Tesla has issued a voluntary recall on the Semi, a first since the company began deliveries of the heavy-duty electric trucks to customers in December 2022. According to recall filings posted on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
A least 39 people have died and 29 others were injured in a fire at an immigration detention centre in northern Mexico near the US border, an official has said. The fire reportedly broke out in a part of the National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, near El Paso in Texas, designated for men only.
The Metro Nashville Police Department released body camera footage of officers who responded to the shooting at the Covenant School. #CNN #News #shorts
Tesla appears to be teasing a new product in a cryptic social media post on China’s Weibo in which it refers to something called “CyberVault.” Tesla fans have been starved of new products for a while now, unless you count the Gigabier launched yesterday, but now they have some hope coming from Tesla China. Tesla’s
Gwyneth Paltrow consciously uncoupled from ordinary life years ago. In the era of celebrity relatability, with once mysterious A-listers now sharing everything from breakfast to breakdowns on social media, she is one star completely comfortable with the world knowing she exists on a higher plane of bone broth, vagina candles, and $8,000-a-day skiing lessons. Facing
The British Beer and Pub Association is warning that the average energy bill for a pub will rise by £18,400 a year when the Energy Bill Relief Scheme ends. Landlords say this will put many pubs out of business. Warwick Heskins, 54, has been a publican for 23 years. In 2014 he took charge of
A leaked government report has revealed some teachers are working 60 hours or more a week, with a quarter considering leaving the profession altogether because of the “unacceptable” high workload. The findings from a survey conducted by the Department for Education (DfE), and seen by Sky News, said eight in ten were working upwards of
Meredith Whittaker, a former Google Manager who is now president at Signal.(Florian Hetz for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Florian Hetzt | The Washington Post | Getty Images Meredith Whittaker took a top role at the Signal Foundation last year, moving into the nonprofit world after a career in academia, government work and the
Oscar Pistorius will not be released early from his 13-year-five-month jail sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a parole board has decided. The former Olympic and Paralympic athlete, known as the Blade Runner, had applied for parole after serving half of his jail term. Earlier, Reeva’s mother June Steenkamp told Sky News that Pistorius
Amit Kshatriya, a decorated Indian-American software and robotics engineer was appointed as the first head of NASA’s newly-established Moon to Mars Programme that will help the agency ensure a long-term lunar presence needed to prepare for humanity’s next giant leap to the Red Planet. Kshatriya will serve as NASA’s first head of the office, with
Ukraine’s foreign minister has branded Wimbledon’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete as “immoral”. Dmytro Kuleba urged the UK to deny the athletes visas to enter the country. “Has Russia ceased its aggression or atrocities? No, it’s just that Wimbledon decided to accommodate two accomplices in crime,” said Mr Kuleba in a
Bernadette Hunt, who starred as Falcon in the hit 90s competitive sports combat game show Gladiators, has died aged 59. The news was shared by her brother-in-law, Rick Jango, on a Facebook page celebrating showbiz from days gone by. He wrote: “It is with great sadness that I have to tell you of my partner’s
Conservative MPs defending slim majorities have accused colleagues of “gaming the system” to try and move to safer seats and maximise their chances of keeping their jobs. There is “fury” at the “ultra-confidential” process which will allow some Tories to switch constituencies ahead of the next election. Around 15 parliamentarians have applied to be declared