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China’s ‘fizzy’ method recovers 95% lithium from dead batteries with just CO2, water

Chinese researchers have found a method to extract lithium from used lithium-ion batteries using a mix of carbon dioxide (CO₂ ...

The suicide pod for couples: Inventor of the Sarco death capsule reveals new euthanasia device that will see two people end their lives together

Philip Nitschke, the controversial right-to-die campaigner, has designed a new euthanasia device, the Double Dutch Sarco pod, ...

Scientists Find a Way To Make CO2 a Valuable Fuel Source

A redesigned low-cost catalyst shows unexpected durability while converting CO₂ into a useful energy carrier. Researchers from Yale and the University of Missouri report that catalysts made with ...

$2 Rental Batteries Are Helping to Power South Africa

The batteries offer an affordable system for those who lack reliable power and the money to buy their own solar panels.
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Battery chemistry experiment unexpectedly releases oxygen

The science pros at TKOR experiment with batteries and oxygen to show what can go wrong. Why Elon Musk says saving for ...

Elastic strain engineering boosts green hydrogen production with affordable catalysts

Researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute have demonstrated improved and more affordable catalytic materials used to produce ...