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New Lithium Method Pulls Battery Metal Straight From Brine — No Ponds

Columbia engineers unveiled S3E, a temperature-switching solvent that yanks lithium directly from underground brines — promising faster, cleaner EV battery supplies without years-long evaporation ponds.

Science

Solar Cells Just Hit 130% Efficiency — Breaking a Long-Standing Limit

Scientists in Japan and Germany used a molybdenum "spin-flip" emitter to harvest extra energy from sunlight through singlet fission, reaching a quantum yield of about 130% — past the long-standing Shockley-Queisser ceiling.

Science

Scientists Turn Plastic Trash Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel Using Sunlight

A new study from the University of Adelaide maps a sunlight-driven path to convert plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value chemicals — tackling pollution and clean energy in one step.

Science

Chemists Prove a 67-Year-Old Theory About Vitamin B1

UC Riverside researchers stabilized a reactive carbene molecule in water for the first time, confirming a 1958 hypothesis and opening the door to greener drug production.

Technology

A Lab Mistake at Cambridge Leads to a Breakthrough That Could Revolutionize Drug Development

Cambridge scientists accidentally discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules in minutes instead of months — without toxic chemicals.