Green news and more V17.28

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    An experiment conducted in Canada has just demonstrated something that sounds incredibly strange: solar panels floating on a frozen pond continued to generate electricity thanks to a waterproof foam and underwater bubbles – ECOticias.com

    An electric car’s used battery does not stop working when the car is no longer in use, and a megafactory in Vancouver wants to give it a second life to power hospitals, data centers, and microgrids – ECOticias.com

    China’s massive “electric island” has no blades and doesn’t look like a windmill, but it transmits 1.1 gigawatts of offshore wind power from the Yellow Sea to the power grid – ECOticias.com

    A town in Extremadura called Miajadas has just launched an initiative that seems like a laboratory experiment but is already yielding results: converting green hydrogen and captured CO2 into renewable gas that flows through actual pipelines – ECOticias.com

    SolarEdge says its new 'Lego-like' home battery installs in under 30 minutes | Electrek

    VW's EV van makes a comeback in the US as ID.4 goes on hiatus

    Global EV sales hit 2 million in June – and the US falls further behind | Electrek

    China's giant Gobi solar plant runs after dark on salt, not batteries | Electrek

    Best free VPN 2026: Top no-cost services you can trust | PCWorld

    Why you should never sell old electronics without checking them first | PCWorld

    https://www.extremetech.com/science/researchers-argue-saturns-moon-titan-is-perfect-for-human-exploration

    https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/this-app-will-block-your-socials-until-you-get-your-steps-in
     
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    A seahorse that gets pregnant, a fish that hides its young in its mouth, and a fox that feeds its entire family: the surprising list of nature’s most extraordinary parents – ECOticias.com

    In 1955, she was one of only four African American female employees at the laboratory, and decades later, her work would help pave the way for the Cassini mission to Saturn – ECOticias.com

    Scientists ventured into one of the least-explored areas of the ocean and found something no one expected: a gigantic whale graveyard stretching nearly 1,200 kilometers – ECOticias.com

    It seemed impossible to detect such fine arteries on a moving X-ray until a new training method enabled an AI to go from almost never getting it right to getting it right in most cases – ECOticias.com

    An Earth-based telescope turned the Artemis II crew into a handful of pixels from more than 200,000 miles away, and the twist is that the 328-foot Green Bank Telescope tracked the capsule with precision down to 0.008 inches per second – ECOticias.com

    Canada scores fresh Lotus EVs in first canola-for-cars deal

    Kia is killing off its flagship sedan as it shifts to lower-cost EVs

    Hyundai's EVs are winning over buyers, and it's easy to see why

    Microcurrent Devices: Do They Work and Are They Worth It? We Asked Skin Experts - CNET

    The 4 Home Security Brands with Top Performance in Data Protection - CNET

    This App Locks You Out of Your Social Media Accounts Until You Hit Your Step Count - CNET

    Artemis II Shows How Off-the-Shelf Cameras Are Becoming Scientific Tools in Space - CNET
     
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    Well, for those interested:
    Turns out only for our Universe (three spacial* dimensions), quantum effects drop out for gravity at ultra-high luminosity/mass. So there, String theory, your wrong again.

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    *Correct spelling is 'spatial' but I don't like it and its my post