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Electric Vehicle Batteries in Winter
Everything seems go slower in cold weather, including in chemistry. Old starter batteries are less enthusiastic, and can fail completely.…
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Lithium-ion batteries currently use a scarce metal called cobalt in their cathodes. This material is unevenly distributed in Earth’s crust,…
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Japan’s ‘SLIM’ mission is the short form for ‘Smart Lander for Investigating Moon’. It entered lunar orbit on December 25,…