Better battery electrode
A novel electrode for lithium-ion batteries could provide greater power and faster charging. The approach stacks thin 2D materials in a vertical alignment, creating a ‘fast lane’ for ions to travel through the electrode (Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2212777119). The result is an electrode that could potentially facilitate twice the range on a single charge for an EV, compared with a conventional battery design.
Amyloid clearance
A US team claims to have discovered a new druggable pathway that may boost clearance of the toxic peptides implicated in dementia. The results offer the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Not so sweetener
Artificial sweeteners could be linked to heart and circulatory diseases and ‘should not be a considered a healthy and safe alternative to sugar’, a major study suggests.
£4.6m for microbe research
Antimicrobial resistance has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a top ten threat facing humanity.
Movers & Shakers
Read all the latest news about the movers and shakers in the chemical industry for October 2022.