BETTER EV BATTERIES
Photo: a rubber tree Electric vehicles (EVs) need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the[…]
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Month: January 2022
CURRENT BOMB CYCLONE
Photo taken from my balcony shows the lake in front of me this morning during a whiteout. The snow is[…]
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CUTTING SOLAR COSTS
Conn Center researchers at the University of Louisville have created the CuBert™ paste which replaces expensive silver with affordable and[…]
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EXTINCTION REBELLION ACTION
Last November, in a landslide referendum, Bostonians vehemently cast (non-binding) votes against placing Eversource’s substation in East Boston neighborhoods. They[…]
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TROUBLESOME TEMPERATURE RECORDS
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record with the past eight[…]
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FRUITFUL USE OF FUNGUS
There’s a new way to produce the critical proteins in egg whites—essential in myriad food and pharmaceutical products. A common[…]
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FERC’S FOLLY
Hard to believe that yesterday FERC decided to allow the Weymouth compressor station to continue to operate despite recognition of[…]
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SOLIDIFYING SOLAR CELLS
A perovskite solar cell (a crystal structure designed to harvest higher energy photons) has been layered on top of a[…]
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ADDITIONAL WEYMOUTH UPDATE
You’ll see water from the last storm where it shouldn’t be. I’d guess it won’t take much more sea level[…]
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WEYMOUTH COMPRESSOR STATION UPDATE
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hear the FRRACS (Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station) briefing on Thursday,[…]
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