Researchers show that lettuce plants can metabolize tire wear products into new compounds with unknown toxicities.
Author: Skyler Ware
Skyler is a PhD candidate studying chemistry at Caltech. Her research focuses on developing new electrolytes for energy storage and organic electrochemistry. Outside the lab, she enjoys hiking, reading science fiction, and playing tabletop RPGs.
Sunlight to heat: New solid materials store and release solar energy by rotating bonds
A new class of light-absorbing solids isomerizes to store light energy as heat.
A Peek Inside a Fast-Charging Battery
Researchers can now watch what happens to particles inside a battery in real time.