Experimental microsphere anodes triple capacity of lithium batteries

[Energy]( [Experimental microsphere anodes triple capacity of lithium batteries]( [Evgeny Kolesnikov and a team of material scientists at Russia's National University of Science and Technology MISIS have developed a promising new anode material for lithium batteries]( Through experimentation with a newly created type of material, scientists in Russia have landed on a lithium-ion battery design with a number of promising performance benefits, in particular the ability to offer triple the capacity of today's solutions. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Grab your very own Google Home Smart Speaker today at only $39.99]( With many of us setting up our offices wherever we can, we need all the help we can get to organize our everyday tasks. The Google Home Speaker with Google Assistant brings personalization, organization, and entertainment into one mighty device. [Read more]( [Medical]( [IBM develops AI to invent new antibiotics – and it's made two already]( [IBM has created an AI system that can find new antibiotic candidates quickly, to help fight the rising superbug threat]( Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs" pose a serious public health threat. New antibiotics are needed to turn the tide, but developing them takes time. Now IBM Research has set AI on the task, producing two promising new drug candidates very quickly. [Read more]( [Collectibles]( [Money for nothing: NFTs spark a new digital gold rush]( [The 69 million-dollar JPEG: Beeple's Everydays: the First 5000 days]( A digital artist called "Beeple" is now one of the top three most valuable artists alive – in any medium – after he sold a JPG file of his work for US$69,346,250. Welcome to the crazy world of NFTs, and the internet's latest wild gold rush. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Canoo reveals compact but capable electric pickup truck]( [The Canoo electric pickup truck is designed for work and play]( LA-based electric mobility company Canoo has pulled back the curtain on its third vehicle, now joining the likes of Tesla, Bollinger, Rivian and others to add an all-electric pickup truck to its vehicle fleet. [Read more]( [New Atlas Weekly Newscast]( Listen to the week's best stories from New Atlas. [Read more]( [Physics]( [Physicists measure the gravitational pull of a ladybug]( [Researchers have measured the smallest gravitational pull yet – equivalent to about the mass of a ladybug]( Perhaps surprisingly, gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental forces and the hardest to measure here on Earth. Now, physicists in Austria have made the smallest measurement of gravity so far, equivalent to the gravitational pull of a ladybug. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Dassualt Falcon 6X widebody business jet makes first flight]( [Falcon 6X in flight]( Billed as the first ultra-widebody purpose-built business jet, Dassault's Falcon 6X reached an altitude of 40,000 feet and a speed of Mach 0.8 during its first flight in the skies over Bordeaux on March 10. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [Obesity confirmed as major risk factor for severe COVID-19]( [A new CDC report found the majority of severe COVID-19 cases in the United States appeared in overweight or obese subjects]( A new report from the CDC has found more than three-quarters of people presenting at a hospital with COVID-19 were either obese or overweight. The findings build on a convincing body of research linking disease severity with higher BMI. [Read more]( [Biology]( [Fossil analysis reveals that lampreys are not "swimming time capsules"]( [An illustration depicting a prehistoric lamprey hatchling, which looks much more like an adult than modern lamprey larvae]( For the past 150 years or so, scientists have theorized that the life cycle of the present-day lamprey mirrors the evolution of all fish – and thus of all vertebrates. Newly analyzed fossils, however, indicate that such is not the case. [Read more]( [3D Printing]( [Plybot 3D printer swaps conventional tech for robotic arms]( [The Plybot is presently on Indiegogo]( On most consumer 3D printers, the print head moves by sliding horizontally along rails, and vertically along rods. The Plybot is different, though, in that it "holds" its head in two robotic arms. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Painless skin swabs used to detect Parkinson's with high accuracy]( [Scientists at the University of Manchester have been exploring how painless skin swabs might be used to detect Parkinson's, and have now made a significant discovery]( Scientists focusing on the possibility of diagnosing Parkinson's via the skin have made a significant discovery, finding that swabs can be used to distinguish patients from healthy controls with an accuracy of 85 percent. [Read more]( [Wearables]( [HeadFi system gives dumb headphones smart functions]( [A selection of the headphones successfully tested, which ranged in price from an estimated $2.99 to $15,000]( While there are some "smart" headphones that can perform multiple functions, the vast majority still just amplify music. A new system, however, could give those "dumb" headphones capabilities such as heart rate monitoring and gesture recognition. [Read more]( [Space]( [Colossal primordial stars may have seeded supermassive black holes]( [A simulated image of a supermassive star supernova (a cross-section slice, mirrored)]( How exactly supermassive black holes got so big remains a mystery, but a new study suggests they may have been born from supernovae of hypothetical, primordial stars far bigger than any around today. And we might soon be able to detect the leftovers. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2021