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Two-step flash Joule heating method recovers lithium‑ion battery materials quickly and cleanly

A research team at Rice University led by James Tour has developed a two-step flash Joule heating-chlorination and oxidation ...
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Two-step battery recycling method uses 95% fewer chemicals to speed lithium recovery

A Rice University research team has unveiled a rapid, acid-free method to recover lithium and transition metals from spent ...

Phi-4 proves that a 'data-first' SFT methodology is the new differentiator

The Phi-4 model was trained on just 1.4 million carefully chosen prompt-response pairs. Instead of brute force, the Microsoft ...
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Selling to Yourself: Continuation Funds in Private Equity

Continuation funds (CFs) are private equity structures in which a manager raises a new fund to purchase assets from their existing fund. This structure has surged in popularity, from five funds in ...