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LANXESS Opens New Battery Laboratory for LFP Materials

Climate Tech

LANXESS Invests in LFP Battery Research with New German Laboratory

The specialty chemicals company has opened a dedicated battery lab at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site to develop iron-based materials for lithium iron phosphate cathodes, capitalizing on surging European demand.
Still: From Akira to Ink Wash, Building a Generative Garden in WebGPU

AI

Ming Jyun Hung's Still: Procedural Gardens Meet Japanese Aesthetics in WebGPU

A developer combines toon shading, ink-wash effects, and generative tendrils to build an interactive 3D world inspired by Akira and traditional Japanese art, balancing visual richness with real-time performance.
A Chat With Cathie Hall, Chief Customer And Product Officer At IFS, On How AI Can Preserve Institutional Knowledge

AI

How Industrial AI Preserves Expertise and Empowers Junior Workers

Cathie Hall, Chief Customer and Product Officer at IFS, argues that Britain's technical skills shortage stems from losing decades of tacit knowledge when senior engineers retire—and that Industrial AI can embed that institutional memory into daily workflows.
Photovoltaics used 186.6 million ounces of silver in 2025 according to the World Silver Survey 2026; at Jülich, researchers are trialling a solderless nickel anisotropic conductive tape that held up through 200 cycles to −40 °C with less than 1% powe

Climate Tech

Solar Industry Cuts Silver Use While Researchers Test Cold-Bond Alternative

Photovoltaic manufacturers consumed 186.6 million ounces of silver in 2025, down 6% from the prior year, as cost pressures mount. Meanwhile, scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich are demonstrating a solderless nickel tape that could reshape how solar cells are interconnected.
China Responds to Overcapacity in Battery Energy Storage

Climate Tech

Beijing Hits Pause on Battery Storage Plant Approvals Amid Overcapacity Concerns

China has halted new permits for battery energy storage manufacturing as authorities grapple with excess capacity in the sector, though existing construction projects remain unaffected.
Twelve microphone-equipped cameras on New York streets logged 15,994 loud-vehicle events in 2025 and produced 1,691 summonses carrying $1,472,265 in penalties, of which $308,229 was actually paid, and thirteen of the twenty-five cameras the city's ow

Climate Tech

New York's Noise Cameras Catch Thousands but Fall Short on Funding and Collections

Twelve sound-equipped cameras deployed across New York City detected nearly 16,000 loud-vehicle violations in 2025, yet the programme operates at less than half its legally mandated size, and the city recovers only a fraction of the penalties it assesses.
Psychology says people who wake at the same time every morning without an alarm aren't relying on willpower alone — the sleeping brain can anticipate when morning is coming, with hormone signals beginning to rise about an hour before the eyes are mea

AI

Your Brain's Built-in Alarm: Why Consistent Wake Times Beat Willpower

Research reveals that waking without an alarm isn't about discipline—it's about your sleeping brain anticipating morning and triggering hormonal shifts an hour before you open your eyes.
In a 14-day diary study, the single adults who saw singlehood as room to grow were still more satisfied with being single the next day, while the activities they had done no longer showed up in those numbers — and in a separate weekly diary, half of

AI

Growth mindset about singlehood predicts satisfaction, but daily experiences fade fast

A series of diary studies and an experiment reveal that believing singlehood offers personal development correlates with contentment, yet the actual activities people undertake show little predictive power beyond the same day.