Word: metallers
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...saving bits of energy and environment here and there add up, then Finland's Enfucell has a battery that will help people make a difference by cutting down on all the metal, lithium and alkaline that leaks from conventional cells. "Our battery doesn't have to go to the battery-recycle bin. It's disposable as household waste," says Jaako Happonen, 50, Enfucell's chief executive. [an error occurred while processing this directive...
...paper. Its SoftBattery works much the same way as ordinary "button" batteries (like the one in your watch) and "finger" batteries (think AA). Ions travel from an anode, pass through a solution called an electrolyte to a cathode and emerge as an electrical charge. Instead of running ions through metal casings full of toxic and corrosive substances like lithium and alkaline, Enfucell uses a thin paper sheet as a conduit. It pastes one side with zinc and the other side with manganese dioxide. Ions flow through an electrolyte solution of water and zinc chloride within the paper...
...Champions' League game against Istanbul side Galatasaray, 56 people were injured - miraculously none were killed - when Paris fans stormed the visitor's section and savaged Turkish fans. In 2004, the bus transporting arch-rival Marseille to the Parc was ambushed by Paris "ultras" throwing bottles and heavy metal petanque balls...
...Ghosn is running a little rough these days, it would be understandable. Seven years ago, Nissan was practically scrap metal: it had a fleet of dull cars, a tangled mess of suppliers, unproductive plants and $20 billion in debt. Ghosn was given the job of salvage man after his bosses at Renault bought a controlling stake. Born in Brazil and reared in Lebanon, Ghosn found his way to tire giant Michelin, where he developed his restructuring chops. But he had never run a car company, let alone a Japanese one, and almost everyone bet against him: a foreigner with...
...of stents has allowed millions of heart patients to put off open-heart surgery and buy a few more years of life. But reports on patients outfitted with the latest form of stents, which are coated with a drug that fights scar formation, show that the tiny pieces of metal scaffolding may increase the risk of potentially deadly blood clots in the heart. For now, doctors still believe that the benefits of the stents outweigh the small chance of clot formation, especially for patients who have just had a heart attack. Stents inserted in the first 12 hours after...