You know how rejuvenating a bath feels after a long day of work? Almost like you’re renewed. Turns out that’s not exclusive to humans. Scientists at Cornell University have developed an electrochemical bath that restores spent lithium-ion batteries to nearly 100% capacity.
Unlike conventional battery recycling methods that involve the complete physical destruction of batteries, followed by complex, energy-intensive recovery processes to extract critical battery-making materials, the scientists’ method recycles lithium-ion battery electrodes directly. Rather than breaking down structurally intact electrodes to extract materials that will make other electrodes, their approach regenerates the existing electrodes using an electrochemical solution.
The researchers say this method restored batteries to 95% of their original capacity, and even helped recycled batteries last longer. According to them, the method could also slash recycling costs by 56% while being more environmentally friendly.
A deep learning-guided image-feedback system enables non-invasive real-time navigation and spatiotemporally controlled intravesical drug release from magnetic biohybrid microrobots in a murine bladder tumour model, enhancing tissue penetration and therapeutic efficacy.
In a study published in Nature today1, researchers report a ‘megacluster’ of genes in Streptomyces bacteria that target a key metabolic process in bacteria. Streptomyces is one of the most studied bacterial genera and produces many antibiotic compounds, including those used to produce streptomycin, the first effective antibiotic against tuberculosis.
“They’ve discovered something new in a system so extensively studied — hidden in plain sight,” says Mark Blaskovich, who works on antibiotic development at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The gene cluster produces five compounds — four antibiotics and a protein — that target different stages of the production of biotin, or vitamin B7, which is essential for bacterial cell growth. “Since evolution has already optimized this combination, we may be able to leverage it to develop novel antibiotic combinations,” Blaskovich says.
It is much more difficult for bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics that attack multiple parts of an essential metabolic pathway, explains Brendan Wren, a microbiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The latest work could also lead to the discovery of gene clusters that produce antibiotic compounds involved in other metabolic processes.
The temporal and spatial dynamics of kidney basement membrane remodeling during disease are largely unknown. Using metabolic labeling combined with proteomics, Preston et al. uncover accelerated matrix turnover and structural destabilization in Alport syndrome, linking protease activity to circulating collagen and laminin fragments with biomarker potential for earlier disease detection.
A new quantum computing chip turns destructive noise into a programmable feature, helping scientists study signal loss and error correction to build more effective systems in the future.
Stanford researchers may have just opened the door to a future where quantum technology no longer depends on multi-million-dollar cryogenic systems.
In this video, we break down Stanford University’s groundbreaking 2025 research that demonstrated room-temperature photon-electron quantum entanglement on a silicon-compatible chip. While this is not yet a full quantum computer, it represents a major step toward solving one of the biggest challenges in quantum technology: the extreme cooling requirements that have limited quantum systems for decades.
We’ll explore how twisted light, molybdenum diselenide (MoSe₂), valley states, and silicon nanostructures work together to create stable quantum interactions without dilution refrigerators operating near absolute zero. You’ll also learn what this breakthrough means for the future of quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, and the emerging quantum internet.
🔹 What Stanford actually built. 🔹 Why current quantum computers require ultra-cold temperatures. 🔹 How room-temperature quantum entanglement was achieved. 🔹 The role of twisted photons and valley states. 🔹 What this breakthrough can and cannot do today. 🔹 Potential impact on IBM, Google, Microsoft, IonQ, and the broader quantum industry. 🔹 The future of room-temperature quantum networks and computing.
If this technology successfully scales, it could dramatically reduce the cost, complexity, and energy requirements of quantum systems, potentially transforming quantum technology from a specialized laboratory tool into a widely deployable platform.
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China’s latest carbon nanotube breakthrough is generating excitement across the global technology sector and could revolutionize the future of electronics, energy storage, aerospace engineering, and advanced manufacturing. In this video, we explore how carbon nanotubes offer exceptional strength, conductivity, and efficiency, making them one of the most promising materials for next-generation technologies. From ultra-fast chips and powerful batteries to lightweight aircraft and cutting-edge AI systems, the potential applications are enormous. As the race for technological leadership accelerates, this innovation could play a major role in shaping the future. Watch the full analysis to discover why the tech industry is paying close attention.
Quantum computing could transform medicine, cybersecurity, clean energy and countless other industries, with Ottawa playing a leading role in the technology’s development. CTV’s Austin Lee reports that researchers at the University of Ottawa and local cybersecurity companies are helping prepare for the quantum era. Experts say quantum computers will solve complex problems dramatically faster than today’s computers but could also threaten current encryption methods. Ottawa-based companies are already developing quantum-safe cybersecurity technologies to protect future digital infrastructure.
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In 2023, researchers at MIT and Harvard showed that ordinary cement, water, and a small amount of carbon black can be combined into a material that stores electricity, not in a battery embedded in the structure, but in the hardened concrete itself. As the cement hydrates, it consumes water and leaves a network of fine pores behind. The hydrophobic carbon black migrates into these spaces and self-assembles into a percolating, fractal-like electron-conducting network threaded through the calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) matrix. Soaked in an electrolyte and paired across a thin separator, two such electrodes form an electric double-layer capacitor, a supercapacitor, that stores charge electrostatically across an enormous internal surface area. The more interfacial surface inside the block, the more charge it holds. By the researchers’ calculation, a foundation-scale block of roughly 45 cubic metres, a cube about 3.5 metres across, could store on the order of 10 kilowatt-hours, comparable to a household’s average daily electricity use, while still bearing structural load. A 2025 follow-up reported a roughly tenfold increase in energy density, shrinking the volume needed for the same storage. This remains laboratory-scale work, demonstrated so far in small cells and prototypes, not a deployed foundation. Open questions include cycle life, self-discharge, and real-world scaling. References Chanut, N., Stefaniuk, D., Weaver, J. C., Zhu, Y., Shao-Horn, Y., Masic, A., & Ulm, F.-J. (2023). Carbon–cement supercapacitors as a scalable bulk energy storage solution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(32), e2304318120. Stefaniuk, D., Weaver, J. C., Ulm, F.-J., & Masic, A. (2025). High energy density carbon–cement supercapacitors for architectural energy storage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(40), e2511912122. PHENOMICA — contemplative, precise science, one phenomenon at a time. #science #materialscience #supercapacitor #energystorage #concrete …
🚀 *Harvard says quantum computers are a decade ahead of schedule—and the evidence is arriving faster than anyone expected.* ⚛️
QuEra’s new roadmap, its partnership with Amazon Braket, and Harvard’s latest breakthroughs are reshaping the future of quantum computing. In this video, we break down why leading researchers now believe fault-tolerant quantum computers could arrive years earlier than predicted, what QuEra’s Libra system means, and how cloud-accessible quantum computing could transform industries like drug discovery, materials science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and finance.
You’ll discover: 🔹 Why Harvard says the quantum timeline has accelerated by nearly a decade. 🔹 What QuEra’s 256 logical-qubit Libra system will actually do. 🔹 Why Amazon is betting on cloud-based fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2028 🔹 The difference between physical qubits and logical qubits. 🔹 How quantum error correction changed everything. 🔹 Why neutral-atom quantum computers are challenging IBM and Google. 🔹 The commercial race between QuEra, IBM, Microsoft, Quantinuum, and other quantum leaders. 🔹 What these breakthroughs mean for the future of encryption, AI, scientific research, and national security.
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