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Appears in 3 stories · Last updated Sep 8, 2026
As of September 2026: Led the study identifying the tropical warm pool mechanism
Between July 2021 and April 2023, East Antarctica gained roughly 695 billion tons of ice, the largest 22-month mass gain in two decades. The gain briefly paused a decline that had been losing about 140 billion tons per year since 2003.
Updated Sep 8
As of September 2026: Led the international research team
The universe makes stars about 60% less often than it did 4.5 billion years ago. A new survey of 2.5 million galaxies shows the simple explanation, that galaxies ran out of star-making fuel, doesn't hold.
Updated Sep 6
As of May 2026: Publisher of the Nature Energy study via its Institute of Physics
Every rechargeable battery in every electric car carries this vulnerability: if something goes wrong — a puncture, defect, or short circuit — temperatures spike and trigger thermal runaway, a self-feeding chain reaction producing toxic smoke, fire, and sometimes explosions. A team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences published in Nature Energy results on a sodium-ion battery with an electrolyte that automatically solidifies into a physical barrier when heat exceeds 150 degrees Celsius, cutting off thermal runaway before it starts. The battery survived nail-puncture and 300-degree-Celsius oven tests without smoke, fire, or explosion, a first for large-format sodium-ion cells.
Updated May 31
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