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Electric mobility key to long-term fight against air pollution: UNEP chiefA top UN official stresses electric mobility and mandatory vehicle emissions testing for long-term air pollution solutions. India's plan to...- Wearable tech powered by sweat could eliminate the need for batteriesScientists in Japan have created a revolutionary wearable device powered by human sweat. This innovative technology uses special enzyme ink...
- The Long Drive: 14 decades of the automobile that changed how we travelFourteen decades, countless journeys and one invention that changed humanity. Atul Bandekar takes us on a ride through the story of the aut...
- Why battery recycling units across India are harmful for children and pregnant womenA new study by Toxics Link reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling units across India, with levels signif...
- High lead levels found in soil near battery recycling units in several parts of India: StudyA new study reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling facilities in Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Utta...
- Giant lake sits on a $540 billion Lithium jackpot, but scientists warn of ‘environmental disaster’: Here is whyCalifornia's Salton Sea holds vast lithium reserves worth $540 billion, essential for electric vehicle batteries. However, extracting this ...
- IISc researchers innovate new way of making bleach using zinc-air batteriesThe innovation can help degrade industrial pollutants such as toxic dyes. The approach includes generating the chemical directly within the...
- Burning Teslas in LA add to toxic mix hindering wildfire cleanupEfforts to clean up Los Angeles after the recent wildfires are complicated by the need to properly dispose of toxic materials from electric...
- Beware: These 5 household items could land you in legal trouble when thrown in the garbageDisposing of household items may appear innocuous, yet there are at least five items with notable environmental risks. Incorrectly disposin...
- EV battery startup Alsym aims to slash cost, eliminate lithium and cobaltAlsym has partnered with one of India's top automakers to jointly develop the new battery, Mukesh Chatter, chief executive and co-founder, ...
- Smartphone batteries emitting over 100 toxic gases: ScientistsLondon, Oct 21 (IANS) Not just catching up fire or exploding as you sleep next to them, dozens of dangerous gases are being produced by the...
- Strawberry flavour increases toxicity in e-cigarettesNew York, Sep 20 (IANS) Are you addicted to flavoured e-cigarettes? If so, then think again before you use them.
- New lightweight, efficient batteries developed by Chinese scientistsChinese scientists have developed a light weight, low-cost battery which performs better than lithium ion batteries that currently power sm...
- Now, an alternative non-toxic system to power smartphones, computers & electric carsThe batteries that power the devices of modern life are mostly made of toxic materials like lithium.
- New electrolyte for cheaper, less toxic batteriesResearchers have developed an electrolyte that can be used to usher in a new generation of more efficient and inexpensive magnesium-sulphur...
- NGO alleges dumping of toxic waste in India, moves National Green TribunalToxics Link, an environmental NGO, has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging rampant violation of E-waste Rules, 2011.
- New eco-friendly battery made of seeds and pine resinLithium batteries also contain other, even rarer materials that are hard to replace and require large energy inputs and toxic chemicals for...
- Power-starved India may benefit from rechargeable magnesium batteryThere might be a silver lining to a looming dark cloud for power-starved India, thanks to a rechargeable magnesium battery developed at IIC...
- Hyderabad scientists develop rechargeable magnesium battery"The rechargeable Magnesium battery has inherent advantages like eco-friendliness, cost effectiveness when compared to conventional acid ba...
- Toxic waste turning Kolkata's soil infertileA large part of the city may have been rendered unfit for vegetation and will not support plantation unless steps are taken to revive the t...
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