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New Recipe for Efficient, Environmentally Friendly Battery Recycling
A new, efficient method enables 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium from spent car batteries to be recovered and recycled while minimizing the loss of valuable raw materials.
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Novel Hydrogel Finds New Chemical Antibodies in Days
A new method for selecting aptamers, or "chemical antibodies," created by Penn State engineers takes only days to complete, instead of the months typically needed for traditional methods.
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How Did Ancient Microbes Extract Important Metals From Their Environment?
Scientists deepen existing knowledge of an ancient life-form and how it continues unique ecological processes today. Methanogens are unique because they don’t use sunlight to power their metabolisms.
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Vibrio Bacteria Detected in Florida's Coastal Waters Following Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study.
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Researchers Develop Electrical Switch To Activate Chemical Reactions
A research group has discovered how to use an external electric field to control and accelerate a chemical reaction, like a ‘‘switch’’. This work could have a considerable impact on the development of new molecules.
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Marine Bacteria Can Degrade Plastic Pollution
A bacterium found in the sea can degrade a plastic that otherwise resists microbial breakdown in marine environments. This could lead to improved ways to recycle this polymer.
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A New Light on Neanderthal Dining Habits
Twenty years of archaeological excavations at the Gruta da Oliveira, a cave in central Portugal, have revealed new insights into how Neanderthals cooked and dined.
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Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries: A Cheaper, Safer Alternative to Lithium-Ion
The demand for energy storage systems is ever-increasing. Could a new aqueous rechargeable battery be a safer, cheaper alternative to current lithium-ion batteries?
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X-Rays Reveal Microstructural Fingerprints of 3D-Printed Alloy
Cornell researchers took a novel approach to explore the way microstructure emerges in a 3D-printed metal alloy: They bombarded it with X-rays while the material was being printed.
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Ocelot Gates Keep the Cats Away From Texan Highways
Traffic collisions are a major cause of death of endangered Texas ocelots. Researchers have now shown that recently designed wildlife exits, meant to allow ocelots to leave highways surrounded by fences, function as they are designed to do.
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