Engineering
Understanding how soft materials fail under stress is critical for solving engineering challenges as disparate as pharmaceutical technology and landslide prevention. A new study linking a spectrum of soft material behaviors—previously ...
Jul 18, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
After nearly a century of geopolitical tension over access to oil, experts worry that the global transition to clean energy is creating new dependencies on the critical minerals needed for solar panels, wind turbines and ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Biden administration.
Feb 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The U.S. effort to build a domestic supply of clean energy often begins with critical materials produced in far-off—and geopolitically sensitive—countries. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Automotive
The US consumer's love for enormous vehicles has been seen by outsiders as a curiosity and sometimes a sign of profligacy.
Oct 25, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Nickel-based alloys, critical materials used in many advanced nuclear reactors, come with unwanted baggage. Aside from being very expensive, nickel ore is mined in politically sensitive parts of the world. The ore also has ...
Aug 2, 2024
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South Korea's LG Chem signed an agreement with the US state of Tennessee to build a $3.2 billion cathode materials plant for electric vehicle batteries, the company said Tuesday.
Nov 22, 2022
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Business
Friday's global IT outage—caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike—wrought havoc on business operations around the world.
Jul 25, 2024
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Automotive
Fresh off of recent legislative triumphs aimed at supporting US manufacturing, President Joe Biden is set for an upbeat appearance Wednesday at the first Detroit Auto Show since the pandemic.
Sep 14, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased from 716,000 vehicles in 2015 to 10.6 million vehicles in 2022. Meanwhile, demand rose for the materials used in EV batteries such as graphite, cobalt and lithium.
Mar 27, 2024
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