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OpenShot 3.5 is here with major speed and smoothness upgrades that make video editing feel much more responsive and enjoyable. The free and open source video editor OpenShot 3.5 arrives with major speed, smoothness, and power improvements. This is one of the biggest releases in its 18-year history. A newContinue Reading

World’s Smallest Marsupial is Actually Four Distinct Species

Scientists in Australia have revealed that what was long thought to be a single widespread planigale species is actually four distinct ones, including an entirely new species found only in the rocky slopes in Kakadu National Park. The post World’s Smallest Marsupial is Actually Four Distinct Species appeared first onContinue Reading

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If you installed Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and noticed video and music files weren’t showing image thumbnails in the file manager, a packaging oversight was to blame, not anything you did. It turns out that Ubuntu’s Default install option (aka minimal install) wasn’t pulling in the gst-audio-thumbnailer and gst-video-thumbnailer packages whichContinue Reading

trunnano-launches-battery-materials-division-for-sodium-ion-layered-oxide-cathodes

TRUNNANO, a Chinese nanomaterials manufacturer based in Luoyang, has launched a Battery Materials Division, and its first products will be layered oxide cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. The cathode line is built around a nickel-iron-manganese (Ni-Fe-Mn) ternary system and adds modified versions based on copper, titanium, cobalt, chromium and pureContinue Reading

sicona-wins-$45m-arena-grant-to-build-silicon-carbon-anode-plant-in-wollongong

Australian battery technology company Sicona Battery Technologies has secured $45 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to build and operate its first commercial-scale silicon-carbon battery anode facility in the Illawarra region. The grant comes through the Australian Government’s Battery Breakthrough Initiative. The plant will scale production of Sicona’sContinue Reading

Mapping Trade-offs To Help Build Better EV Batteries | Mirage News

Study: Framework and drivers for sustainable life cycle management of electric vehicle batteries (DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2026.123094) Working with car companies, battery developers and policy makers, University of Michigan researchers have developed a framework to help stakeholders navigate toward a future with better, more affordable and more sustainable electric vehicles. “I think of it as a break-outContinue Reading