The Washington Post shares a little-acknowledged downside to electric cars: recharging takes “upward of 15 to 30 minutes.” But scientists are already working on improvements: In a report released this week, government researchers said they have found a way to charge electric car batteries up to 90 percent in just Read more…
Trademark filings suggest that Apple may be staking claim to potential names for its highly anticipated mixed-reality headset, part of the tech giant’s push into its first new product category in years. Applications were filed in the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay Read more…
All living cells power themselves by coaxing protons from one side of a membrane to the other. A place where this occurs naturally outside of cells are alkaline hydrothermal vents on the deep seafloor, inside highly porous rock formations that are almost like mineralized sponges. “Carbon and energy metabolism are Read more…
“Google employees are receiving regular notifications from management of Covid-19 infections,” CNBC report Friday — “causing some to question the company’s return-to-office mandates.” The employees, who spoke with CNBC on the condition of anonymity, said since they have been asked to return to offices, infections notifications pop up in their Read more…
“When members of the ENS DAO community go to its eth.link website, all they’ll see now is an empty page with a green domain expiration notice banner at the top,” reports CoinDesk. “That’s because the only person with the authority to renew the domain, Virgil Griffith, is serving a 63-month Read more…
United Launch Alliance has been developing a heavy-lift space vehicle since 2014 (with investment from the U.S. military) called the Vulcan Centaur. CNN reports that the ashes of the late Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols “will head to deep space on a Vulcan rocket.” Nichols’ cremated remains will be aboard Read more…
“Google launched a carbon emissions tool for its flight tracker last fall,” remembers Gizmodo, “allowing consumers to see the individual emissions created by each flight they were browsing…” “But last month the tech giant quietly shifted the algorithm to exclude a crucial component of the overall greenhouse gas impact of Read more…