March 21, 2025 • 39 mins
Show Notes 21 March 2025
Story 1: Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from salt-lake brines or geothermal brine solutions
Source: Imperial College announcement by Ian Mundell
Link: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261774/lithium-needed-battery-revolution-could-harvested/
See also: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-lithium-battery-revolution-harvested-saltwater.html
See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00398-8
Story 2: Nanoparticle breakthrough could bring 'holy grail' of solar power within reach
Source: LiveScience.com Story by Ben Turner
Link: https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/nanoparticle-breakthrough-could-bring-holy-grail-of-solar-power-within-reach
See the research paper here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/el/d4el00029c
Story 3: Mimicking Human Skin, This Self-Healing Gel Could be Applied to Soft Robotics
Source: Discover Magazine Story by Monica Cull
Link: https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/mimicking-human-skin-this-self-healing-gel-could-be-applied-to-soft-robotics
See the research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02146-5#Sec5
See also: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250307130138.htm
Story 4: Man survives with titanium heart for 100 days – a world first
Source: Nature Magazine Story by Smriti Mallapaty
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00782-0
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3MMFmDobs
Honorable Mentions
Story: Scientists Use Amino Acid to Extract 99.99% of Lithium from Old Batteries
Source: Technology Networks
Link: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/scientists-use-amino-acid-t
Story 1: Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from salt-lake brines or geothermal brine solutions
Source: Imperial College announcement by Ian Mundell
Link: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261774/lithium-needed-battery-revolution-could-harvested/
See also: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-lithium-battery-revolution-harvested-saltwater.html
See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00398-8
Story 2: Nanoparticle breakthrough could bring 'holy grail' of solar power within reach
Source: LiveScience.com Story by Ben Turner
Link: https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/nanoparticle-breakthrough-could-bring-holy-grail-of-solar-power-within-reach
See the research paper here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/el/d4el00029c
Story 3: Mimicking Human Skin, This Self-Healing Gel Could be Applied to Soft Robotics
Source: Discover Magazine Story by Monica Cull
Link: https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/mimicking-human-skin-this-self-healing-gel-could-be-applied-to-soft-robotics
See the research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02146-5#Sec5
See also: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250307130138.htm
Story 4: Man survives with titanium heart for 100 days – a world first
Source: Nature Magazine Story by Smriti Mallapaty
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00782-0
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3MMFmDobs
Honorable Mentions
Story: Scientists Use Amino Acid to Extract 99.99% of Lithium from Old Batteries
Source: Technology Networks
Link: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/scientists-use-amino-acid-t
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