MIT engineers have achieved a major breakthrough with the creation of a zinc-air microbattery, a device so tiny it measures just 0.1 millimetres in length and 0.002 millimetres in thickness—about the thickness of a human hair. This innovative battery harnesses oxygen from the air to oxidise zinc, generating up to 1 volt of power. This
Month: August 2024
Parts of the UK are facing power cuts and widespread travel disruption thanks to Storm Lilian – with high winds forcing Leeds Festival organisers to shut two stages. The storm surged across Wales and England this morning and left more than 60,000 homes across the north of England without power or facing supply issues. Northern
Magistrates have been told to consider pushing back the sentencing of criminals because of concerns about overcrowding in prisons. Sky News has seen an internal direction sent to courts in England and Wales saying hearings due in the next two weeks should be reviewed if the defendant is currently on bail – and potentially postponed
The energy price cap will rise to an average annual £1,717 from October, the industry regulator has confirmed as the clock ticks down to the loss of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The new figure represents a 10% a year – or £12 per month – leap in the typical sum households face
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant Jon Budmayr are suspended for the Hawkeyes’ season opener as part of a school-imposed penalty for a recruiting violation in late 2022. Ferentz,
Kamala Harris has set out her plan to defeat Donald Trump and keep the Democrats in the White House for another four years. The US vice president has accepted her party’s nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago. She walked onto the stage to the sound of her campaign track “Freedom”
Ryan Salame, the former co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets, exits the Federal Court after he pleaded guilty to two charges including conspiring to make unlawful U.S. political contributions, in New York City, Sept. 7, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Convicted former FTX executive Ryan Salame‘s domestic partner Michelle Bond has been indicted in New
While Ford is canceling plans to launch its three-row electric SUV, overseas brands like Kia, Hyundai, and Volvo are looking to take advantage. By scrapping its larger SUV, Ford opened the door for rivals to take control of the segment. The “personal bullet train,” as Doug Field, Ford’s head of EVs, called the three-row electric
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan speaks at the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images for Dropbox Zoom shares soared the most since November 2022 on Thursday after the video chat company reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance. The stock rose
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterAug 22, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Could a one-for-one end up being a win-win? That’s what the Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets are banking on with the Pens getting forward prospect Rutger McGroarty and fellow forward prospect Brayden
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes. Red-hot lava can be seen shooting up from the ground on the Reykjanes Peninsula. It is the sixth time in the last eight months that the area has seen an eruption. The nearby town of Grindavik has been largely abandoned since late last
It is “laughable” for Rachel Reeves to claim she didn’t know the full state of the public finances until she took office, Ruth Davidson has said. Speaking on Beth Rigby’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives accused the new chancellor of trying to “build a political narrative” in order to justify
The boss of the firm which makes and sells vessels like Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht has questioned why its crew were not in a “state of alert” when a storm hit. Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, which owns the company that makes the Perini vessels, told Sky News they “are absolutely safe”,
Former footballer Jermaine Jenas has said he is “not happy” with his sacking from the BBC while live on air at talkSPORT, adding that his lawyers are dealing with the situation. The broadcaster earlier confirmed Jenas is “no longer part” of The One Show’s “presenting line-up”. Jenas, 41, has also been dropped from his punditry
Kelly Crandall Aug 22, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney is gearing up for a title defense as stock car racing prepares for the home stretch ahead of the postseason. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images As the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs approached last season, Ryan Blaney and his team were, as
A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental vaccine to help his body fight the disease. Janusz Racz, 67, had six syringes of the jab, each containing genetic material for a different part of the tumour, to train five billion cells in his immune system to go
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