This Student-Built EV Focuses on Repairability

At first glance, the Aria EV looks not much different than any other student-built electric prototype—no different than the battery-powered cars built by engineering students from dozens of universities every year. Beneath its panels, however, is a challenge to the modern auto industry: What if electric vehicles were designed to be repaired by their owners?TheContinue Reading

Scientists Digitally Reconstruct Face of ‘Little Foot’

Beyond their value for classification and evolutionary relationships, changes in the size and shape of the hominin face through time can reflect important functional adaptations. The post Scientists Digitally Reconstruct Face of ‘Little Foot’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading

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Sweden’s Holyvolt has completed its $73 million acquisition of Wildcat Discovery Technologies, bringing together Wildcat’s high-throughput battery materials R&D platform and Holyvolt’s screen-printing, water-based manufacturing process. The companies say the combination is meant to bridge a familiar gap in the battery business: promising lab results that never make it efficientlyContinue Reading