Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, comments on the discovery of lithium reserves in Arkansas and the role of emergent tech in sustainably extracting the element.

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As the International Seabed Authority meets in Jamaica this month, Maha Haji, professor of engineering, comments on a promising alternative to seabed mining.

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Max Zhang, a professor of engineering at Cornell University, says we’ve seen wildfire smoke pollution in New York before, but the exposure this June could point to future concerns.

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Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, and Phillip Milner, professor of chemical and chemical biology at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, comment on the Biden administration's push to support carbon capture technology.

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Gennady Schvets, an expert on fusion and plasma physics, comments on the first ever fusion reaction to generate more energy than used to start the reaction.

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NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator technology demonstration, or LOFTID, launched and landed this morning. The experimental heat shield technology is needed for any future crewed missions on Mars.

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Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert, comments on France's decision to invest €1bn in nuclear power by 2030.

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data in one week. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency.

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Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet that survived its star’s death.

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Stephen Wicker says iPhones that can directly connect to the internet will greatly reduce the digital divide and increase competition in a marketplace currently dominated by the duopoly of cable and ADSL.

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