Solid-state batteries can use a wide range of chemistries, but a leading candidate for commercialization uses lithium metal. Quantumscape, for one, is focused on that technology...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A new tick-borne disease...
Ambri is a Boston-area startup that’s building molten-salt batteries from calcium and antimony. The company recently announced a demonstration project deploying energy storage for Microsoft data...
Wind turbines can be installed on land, or to stay out of the way, offshore, at least in places where the ocean isn’t too deep. But...
The US is on a climate tech spending spree. Over the past year, federal action has set aside hundreds of billions of dollars for energy and...
In total, there’s $2.8 billion for 20 projects across 19 companies. (Ascend Elements, a recycling and refining company, won two grants for two different steps in...
Both public and private funding for battery manufacturing in the US have exploded, sped by the passage earlier this year of the Inflation Reduction Act, which...
If you’re on Twitter and follow news about China, you likely have heard a pretty wild rumor recently: that President Xi Jinping was under house arrest...
Historically, researchers in materials discovery have devised and tested options through some mix of hunches, informed speculation, and trial by error. But it’s a difficult and...
The news: The US Senate Democrats released a bill last week that could significantly cut the country’s carbon emissions. One of the bill’s key components is...
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