Laurie Winkless · @LaurieWinkless
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Just had a very exciting late-night courier delivery ☺️ I might do a wee giveaway at the weekend to mark the paperback's birthdate....

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Laurie Winkless · @LaurieWinkless
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One more week, UK peeps! For those looking to pre-order the gecko-ified paperback edition of Sticky, it is currently available for less than a tenner on Bloomsbury's website 🤯 bloomsbury.com/uk/sticky-97814

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Sarah C.P. Williams · @sarahcpwilliams
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Why can't your old phone hold a charge? Researchers used ultra-high-res microscopy to see what happens to lithium ion as they age. Their new study, which found that the carbon binder domain plays an important role in battery degradation, could lead to longer-lasting batteries. pme.uchicago.edu/news/research

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Laurie Winkless · @LaurieWinkless
737 followers · 166 posts · Server scicomm.xyz

Well, that's unexpected 😀 Sticky is back into the top 10 of materials science books on Amazon! A big thanks to anyone who has bought a copy ❤️

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Sarah C.P. Williams · @sarahcpwilliams
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Shuolong Yang of UChicago & colleagues discovered how a new material, MnBi6Te10, can be used to create highways along which electrons can move, potentially connecting in quantum computers.

pme.uchicago.edu/news/electron

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