Kategoria: Alarm
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Polish speakers conquered Europe. What destroyed the Tonsil empire?
For years, the company manufactured speakers installed in Polish radios, televisions and stereo systems, while its loudspeakers reached customers in France, Germany and the United States. At its…
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From 60,000 tractors a year to bankruptcy. The collapse of Ursus
In 1983, around 60,000 tractors rolled out of the Ursus factories in Poland every year. Tractors of this brand worked on state owned farms, agricultural production cooperatives and…
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Poland once had its own computers. Why did the ELWRO factory disappear?
The Wrocław Electronic Works ELWRO manufactured Odra computers, calculators and equipment for industry. In 1980, it employed more than 5,800 people, and its designs were supplied to Polish…
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The energy transition could stall at the grid. Network constraints will increasingly determine investment viability
An increase in installed renewable energy capacity does not guarantee that all potentially available electricity will be used or that new projects will generate their expected returns. Grid…
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A new material could compete with platinum catalysts in hydrogen production
A hybrid material combining AgZnInS@ZnS quantum dots with graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) achieves hydrogen evolution reaction performance close to that of the Pt/C catalyst, which uses platinum supported…
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Copper could rise by 50%. The US and China are pulling metal out of the global market
The price of copper could rise to $22,050 per tonne within a few months. Deutsche Bank made this forecast for the second quarter of 2027, which would mean…
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The cobalt free cathode is accelerating. A new method makes it possible to design nickel rich batteries based on physics
Cobalt can be removed from a nickel rich cathode, but the challenge so far has been maintaining high power, fast lithium transport and structural stability at the same…
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After 11 years, a verdict was issued in the Mariana disaster case. Court convicts Samarco and three managers
A Brazilian federal court has for the first time criminally convicted a mining company and its managers over the failure of the Fundão dam in Mariana. Almost 11…
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30.6% efficiency on 207.87 cm². Perovskite and silicon take a step towards large scale production
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells achieved 30.6% efficiency over an area of 207.87 cm². The result achieved by the team described in Nature Energy is important not only because of the…
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17 countries are pressing Brussels. They want to limit EU bureaucracy and gold plating
Austria and Italy launched an initiative in September aimed at reducing regulatory burdens, which according to EU Insider has already attracted 17 European Union member states. At the…
