Larry Brazel

One of the more impressive lecture theatres I've been in, A Coruña

RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...

Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part

Had a great time spreading the good word of battery chemistry to the public at New Scientist Live today with some other @greygroupcam.bsky.social members. Lots of people, young and old, seem interested, which is brilliant to see! @newscientist.com

Please share: We're hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Grey Group. The project will focus on using operando optical microscopy to study solid-state ion dynamics and phase transformations in lithium- and sodium-ion battery materials.
Learn more here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52120/

Energy storage progress: 💡 Battery efficiency gains possible through innovative operando confocal microscopy of structured battery electrodes method. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #MaterialsScience #RenewableEnergy

First time at a synchrotron, (probably) not the last #chemsky

247th ECS meeting in Montreal kicks off!

it's just too bad we will never solve the impenetrable mystery of who made grok obsessed with south african white genocide theory at 3:15 am

PDRA position available to work on lithium-ion battery electrolytes as part of the @FiDegradation supervised jointly by Prof. Dame Clare Grey and Prof. Dominic Wright at @ChemCambridge www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51224/ #NMR #NMRchat 🔋

Season of the Wych

Adding to this, the classic "Ferroelectrics goes bananas" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

In fairness they brought in the 90 minute fare that is very reasonable a couple of years ago. A small step, but not nothing

We are all set for 2 day ‘Clare Grey Symposium’. Looking forward to meet all the friends and alumni of the group 🎊

Wind was State’s leading source of energy in February New data from Wind Energy Ireland suggest February was cleanest month yet

Irish wind farms provided 48 per cent of Ireland’s power in February, making wind the State’s leading source of electricity last month, the group said.

The increased supply of wind energy also pushed the wholesale price of electricity downwards.

Could it be due to injury? Nash seemed pretty banged up during the match last weekend

Exploration of potential-limited protocols to prevent inefficiencies in Li–O2 batteries during charge Metal–air batteries are promising energy storage systems with high specific energy density and low dependence on critical materials. However, their development is hindered by slow kinetics, low…

New from Clare Grey, Israel Temprano and colleagues at @uniofcam.bsky.social

'Exploration of potential-limited protocols to prevent inefficiencies in Li–O2 batteries during charge' 🔓

@larrybrazel.bsky.social

Follow all your favorite @rsc.org journals now on Bluesky! Let the posting begin! 🥳🧪 #chemsky go.bsky.app/QAaTTZ3

Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters.

Glad BP are swift to "tackle investor concerns over earnings", rather than tackle global concerns of unmitigated damage to our environment, in which all of us, including BP investors, have to live

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

US science in chaos as impact of Trump's executive orders sinks in – Physics World US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences

If you haven't been following what's been happening across the pond to science of all types, it's well worth reading this summary: physicsworld.com/a/us-science...

This isn't an abstract or peripheral thing - this is people's jobs, current projects, and deliberate destruction of existing systems.

The @acs.org has deleted its website on diversity, equity, inclusion and respect.

www.acs.org/about/divers...

Quote "Rome may not be burning, but Greenland is melting, and we are still fiddling"

Nice little quote here which unfortunately feels just as fitting 15 years on from publication. Taken from the wonderful "Merchants of Doubt" by @naomioreskes.bsky.social and @erikconway.bsky.social

Interesting article which mentions some companies involved in EV battery second use, an area I look forward to watching as more used battery packs come on the market. They also touch on the effect the new US administration will have on these companies based there, unsurprisingly negative

Exploration of potential-limited protocols to prevent inefficiencies in Li–O2 batteries during charge Metal–air batteries are promising energy storage systems with high specific energy density and low dependence on critical materials. However, their development is hindered by slow kinetics, low roundt...

My first post on this platform can happily be celebrating the publication of a paper I worked on, helping some colleagues study the effects of potential-limited charging protocols in Li-air batteries, potentially reducing degradation

#battery #research #Li-air #Li-O2

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