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Jan282021 by adminNo Comments

X-ray tomography helps reveal how solid state batteries charge, discharge

Science

Jan. 28 (UPI) -- With the help of X-ray tomography, scientists have for the first time observed the evolution of materials inside solid state batteries during the charging and discharging processes. The breakthrough observations -- detailed Thursday in the journal Nature Materials -- could help researchers develop more efficient solid state battery materials. Advertisement For their study, researchers used a complicated imaging technology called operando synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography to observe changes in a battery's electrode material at the interface between lithium and solid-state electrolytes. The unprecedented images showed the charge-discharge process causes voids to form at the interface, causing loss of contact between the lithium and solid-state electrolytes and trig...

Dec42020 by adminNo Comments

Oscar Isaac to portray Solid Snake in ‘Metal Gear Solid’ adaptation

Entertainment

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Oscar Isaac has been cast as Solid Snake, the lead role in Sony's upcoming film adaptation of video game Metal Gear Solid. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is directing the film based off a script by Derek Connolly. Avi Arad is producing. Advertisement The film is based on the first game in the Metal Gear Solid series by renowned game developer Hideo Kojima. The title was released for the PlayStation 1 in 1998. Kojima developed four more sequels with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain arriving in 2015. Metal Gear Solid follows Solid Snake, a retired soldier who must use stealth to infiltrate a weapons facility located on Shadow Moses, a remote island near Alaska that has been taken over by a special forces unit named Foxhound. Metal Gear refers to a giant mech in...

Dec102018 by adminNo Comments

I Found 5 Solid Income Stocks With Zero Debt

Finance

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Jul102018 by adminNo Comments

Drugs carried in cellular 'backpacks' help destroy solid tumors in mice

Health

July 10 (UPI) -- Nanoparticle "backpacks" with immune-stimulating drugs successfully helped T cells destroy solid tumors in mice, researchers report. Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who developed the method found it could enhance the T cells' activity without harmful side effects. In a study published Monday in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the researchers report that 60 percent of treated animals' tumors disappeared completely in an early test of the method. The drugs are made of a gel from molecules of cytokine IL-15 held together by a cross-linker that degrades when the T cell reaches a tumor and is activated. Nanoparticles are between 1 and 100 nanometers in size -- comparatively, a human hair is 75,000 nanometers thick. "We found you could greatly improve ...

May12018 by adminNo Comments

Solid iPhone sales boost Apple revenues

Business

Apple plans to double its share buyback scheme to $ 100bn (£73bn) as solid iPhone sales helped revenues rise 16% to just over $ 61bn.The company said it sold 52.2 million iPhones in the three months to March - only a touch below expectations, despite waning global demand for smartphones.Revenues at Apple's services business that includes Apple Music and the App Store jumped almost a third to $ 9.1bn.Shares rose 3% in afterhours trading.Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight, said the services growth was "particularly impressive". He also pointed out that the iPhone X was the best-selling model in every week of the quarter - despite costing almost $ 1,000 or £1,000.Some analysts had questioned whether demand for the top-of-the-range smartphone would hold up after the initial rush.Overall Apple...