Researchers Shin Young Jeong and Zhiwen Ma examine the prototype device that uses superheated sand for long-duration energy storage. Credit: Joe DelNero, NREL Anyone who has ever hot-footed it barefoot across…
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Age Influences Perception of Self-Presentation
Summary: Age significantly impacts how self-presentation, or manipulating others’ evaluations of oneself, is perceived, particularly in the context of the protagonist’s usual performance. Their study, involving elementary school children and…
Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits more than doubled in 2023
Huawei is one of the most prominent tech companies in China. Chinese tech giant Huawei on Friday said its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts…
Hereditary Alzheimer’s Transmitted Via Bone Marrow Transplants
Summary: Alzheimer’s disease, traditionally seen as a brain-centric condition, may have systemic origins and can be accelerated through bone marrow transplants from donors with familial Alzheimer’s to healthy mice. A…
Generative AI develops potential new drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Acinetobacter baumannii. Credit: Vader1941 / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0 With nearly 5 million deaths linked to antibiotic resistance globally every year, new ways to combat resistant bacterial strains are…
Direct lithium extraction from spent batteries for efficient lithium recycling
The traditional hydrometallurgical method for recycling metals from spent lithium-ion battery cathode materials involves complex processes such as metal leaching, precipitation, separation, and purification. An improved recycling approach involves directly…
Anxiety Drives Wishful Thinking to Risky Levels
Summary: Individuals tend to become overly optimistic in situations marked by insecurity and anxiety, potentially to their detriment. The research, involving more than 1,700 participants, demonstrated that people are less…
Factory and warehouse rooftops offer untapped opportunity to help disadvantaged communities bridge solar energy divide
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lower-income communities across the United States have long been much slower to adopt solar power than their affluent neighbors, even when local and federal agencies offer…
