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The reasons behind lithium-ion batteries’ rapid cost decline

Dec 1, 2021

But what brought about such an astonishing cost decline, of about 97 percent? They found that by far the biggest factor was work on research and development, particularly in chemistry...

Adedolapo Adedokun named 2023 Mitchell Scholar

Dec 1, 2021

MIT senior Adedolapo “Dolapo” Adedokun has been named one of 12 winners of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship’s Class of 2023. After completing his degree in electrical engineering and computer...

Press release from Principal and Vice Chancellor Suzanne Fortier on the importance of French at McGill University

Dec 1, 2021

Following this week's media reports, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier would like to clarify the situation regarding the importance of French at McGill University. “McGill University has always been deeply...

Nanograins make for a seismic shift

Dec 1, 2021

In Earth’s crust, tectonic blocks slide and grind past each other like enormous ships loosed from anchor. Earthquakes are generated along these fault zones when enough stress builds for a...

Extinct swordfish-shaped marine reptile discovered

Nov 30, 2021

A team of international researchers from Canada, Colombia, and Germany has discovered a new marine reptile. Credit: Dirley CortésAccording to the researchers, this species comes from an important transitional time...

Courting success: why the ‘head’ outsmarts the body in basketball

Nov 30, 2021

But what was is it about the star player that put him head and shoulders above his peers? Rogers surveyed 90 basketball coaches from 23 countries to find out what...

“Digitally literate” Gen Z and Millennials' pandemic experience shaped by social media

Nov 30, 2021

Younger people’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic was shaped by their savvy use of social media platforms, navigating mis- and dis-information, subjective content loops, big-tech algorithms and emerging “splinter platforms,”...

Varenicline vs nicotine patches: heart attack and stroke risks similar

Nov 30, 2021

This is the first study to compare the cardiovascular safety of two popular quit smoking medicines. Smoking cessation medicines varenicline and nicotine patches present similar risks of major cardiovascular events...

Finnish researchers developed mini-breast cancer as a new weapon against the most common type of breast cancer

Nov 30, 2021

Breast cancer is currently the most common form of cancer among the working age in Finland. I believe that a whole new chapter is now opening in the fight against...

DTU: Digital University will provide more engineers

Nov 30, 2021

DTU will establish a digital university, Digital Twin University, to ensure the training of more engineers throughout the country for sustainable development. The digital university is part of a proposal...