Day: June 22, 2025

Hochul declares state of emergency for NYC, much of state as temps set to shatter 125-year-old records

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Hochul declares state of emergency for NYC, much of state as temps set to shatter 125-year-old records

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday declared a state of emergency for the Big Apple and much of the rest of New York thanks to a suffocating heatwave set to shatter 125-year-old records. Deadly thunderstorms and flash flooding were already rocking upstate over the weekend, and a days-long heatwave stretching across the Northeast could push temperatures … Read more

Rice University breakthrough keeps CO₂ electrolyzers running 50x longer

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Rice University breakthrough keeps CO₂ electrolyzers running 50x longer

A team of researchers at Rice University have discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals, and it involves nothing more than sending the CO2 through an acid bubbler. Their study, published in Science, addresses a major bottleneck in the performance … Read more