BMW Group and joint venture Encory GmbH have launched a pioneering battery recycling center in Salching, Bavaria. Using an innovative direct recycling method, the facility will recover mid-double-digit tonnes of raw materials annually from production waste, feeding them directly back into new battery pilot production.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shattered a century-old temperature limit with a motionless heat pump that hits 270°C. Led by Professor Luo Ercang, the breakthrough could let sunlight or waste heat power metal smelting, slashing industrial carbon emissions and energy costs.
Incat Tasmania has energized the world’s largest battery-electric ship, the 130-meter Hull 096 for Buquebus. With a 40 MWh battery system—four times larger than any prior ship—the ferry marks a historic leap for zero-emission maritime transport.
The U.S. Department of Energy has started solidifying radioactive waste into glass at Washington’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The first 5,500 liters treated mark a pivotal step in cleaning up 56 million gallons of legacy waste from America’s atomic weapons program, a project decades in the making.
GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor has cleared a major UK regulatory hurdle, completing Step 2 of the Generic Design Assessment faster than any competitor. With construction already started in Canada, the design gains crucial momentum in the global SMR race.
A team led by Dr. Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez at Spain’s Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) has published a landmark study in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, using meteorite analysis to assess the real-world feasibility of asteroid mining, shifting the focus from precious metals to vital resources like water.
An American lab is advancing the development of demonstration microreactor with the nuclear fuel delivery. The Idaho National Laboratory’s Transient
Northwest A&F University researchers have engineered a solar-powered system that can pull both freshwater and critical boron—a key fuel for
The New Safe Confinement (NSC) shelter at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine has “lost its primary safety functions”
Credit: Andreas Scheunert / Fraunhofer IISB A German research consortium has successfully built the world’s first complete battery system demonstrator
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