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Despite considerable efforts to stabilize lithium metal anode structures and prevent dendrite formation, achieving long cycling life in high-energy batteries under realistic conditions remains extremely difficult due to a combination of complex failure modes that involve accelerated anode degradation and the depletion of electrolyte and lithium metal. Researchers report a self-smoothing lithium–carbon anode structure based …
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China continues to move ahead on military modernization. China is on track to have per capita income at about 25% of US levels in 2030 which would be at about the level of Eastern Europe. The richest areas like Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangdong will be at a per capita income level ranging from Spain to Italy.
Tesla is raiding $2 billion, with $1.35 billion coming from convertible notes and $650 million from new equity. Elon Musk is adding another $10 million in stock to his $12 billion in Tesla ownership. SOURCES- CNBC Written By Brian Wang Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 …
The US Energy Information Agency Annual Energy Outlook high projection for oil and natural gas liquids would be 24 million barrels per day by 2025. Russia and Saudi Arabia should have combined production of about 20-24 million barrels per day.
Drone-based tree planting can speed up tree planting by 100 times and at vastly lower cost.
China will start operating two new large Hualong nuclear reactors this year and another two next year Each Hualong nuclear reactor will generate one gigawatt of nuclear power. They were made by adapting third generation US and European nuclear reactor technology designs.
ARPA-E-funded alternative z-pinch fusion which is being developed by Zap Energy. Zap Energy is the most compact solution to Fusion Energy and does not use complex and costly magnetic coils. They surpassed ARPA-E Alpha Milestones in August 2018. Their reactor is consistently producing neutrons and they received $6.8 million ARPA-E OPEN funding. * The new …
Venezuela might be in the regime change endgame and a new phase in the ongoing crisis. The US has threatened Cuba with full and complete sanctions and has offered members of Venezuela’s military the opportunity to get a deal if they switch sides. In early 2018, Nextbigfuture predicted that Venezuela’s economy would deteriorate so that …