Electric vehicles (EVs) use high-powered rechargeable batteries to store electrical energy that powers their motors. Most EV batteries use a specific mixture of metals to hold the battery’s charge, called nanoscale lithiated nickel manganese cobalt oxides, aka NMC materials. NMC materials can store a large amount of energy, making them ideal for batteries, but the metals themselves can be toxic in soil and water if the batteries are not properly recycled.  

NMC batteries leave behind a specific combination of toxic metals, so researchers can study how bacteria respond to this waste when it enters the environment. By understanding how bacteria adapt to toxic metals, scientists hope to predict how new technologies like EV batteries will affect the environment. 

In 2019, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota reported that a common soil bacterium called Shewanella oneidensis can rapidly evolve resistance to NMC materials, but they didn’t know how. True beneficial gene evolution usually develops over thousands of generations, but Shewanella oneidensis adapted much more quickly. The team recently conducted a follow-up study to determine the genetic mechanisms behind this bacterium’s unique metal resistance.

They started by analyzing the complete DNA sequences of 33 Shewanella colonies that were resistant to either pure NMC waste or individual metals like nickel and cobalt, using a process called whole-genome sequencing. They expected to find DNA mutations in genes that control how bacteria take up and expel toxic metals that would give the resistant Shewanella an advantage in surviving NMC metal toxicity. However, they didn’t find any DNA mutations in metal-related genes. Instead, they found that a specific DNA region was duplicated 10 to 15 times in all 33 NMC-resistant or metal-resistant colonies. This result suggested to the researchers that a temporary adaptation, not true gene evolution, was responsible for the bacteria’s metal resistance. 

The researchers wanted to know more about the duplicated DNA region in metal-resistant Shewanella, so they focused on 2 gene duplication mechanisms that might serve as temporary adaptations in Shewanella. The first mechanism directly duplicates DNA regions to create extra copies of a gene, via a process called gene duplication amplification. The second mechanism moves DNA segments, called mobile genetic elements, into different DNA sections to create extra copies of a gene. 

To test whether either of these mechanisms was causing the gene duplication in Shewanella, the team grew the bacteria in different liquid media containing only cobalt, only nickel, or cobalt and nickel together. The researchers used a technique that measures the exact amount of DNA in a given sequence, called quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), to calculate how many duplicated DNA regions were in each genome sequence. They found that neither cobalt nor nickel alone triggered DNA duplication. But the bacteria grown in the media with cobalt and nickel together had 8 additional copies of the DNA region. This suggested that something about the combination of nickel and cobalt triggered gene duplication. 

To determine whether this gene duplication only occurred with nickel and cobalt, the team substituted copper and zinc for nickel in the growth media. They exposed Shewanella cells to different combinations of these metals using a grid pattern in a 96-well plate, a technique called a checkerboard assay. Then they repeated the qPCR process to measure the duplicated DNA region. They found that no other combinations of metals triggered gene duplication, suggesting that nickel and cobalt are especially toxic together, and that the gene duplication responds to this combined toxicity.

Finally, the researchers identified the function of the duplicated DNA region. They found that one of the genes within the region turned on a special protein that pushes metal ions and other toxins out of the cell, called an efflux pump protein. The team hypothesized that this efflux pump protein was responsible for removing cobalt and nickel from the bacteria’s cells. To test this theory, they grew modified Shewanella cells without the efflux pump gene in media containing cobalt, nickel, or cobalt and nickel together. They found that the modified bacteria grew well in the nickel-only treatment, but didn’t grow in the cobalt-only or combined treatments, which indicated that the efflux pump protein is necessary for Shewanella to resist cobalt toxicity. 

Based on their experiments, the team concluded that nickel and cobalt together trigger a gene duplication event in Shewanella oneidensis. This gene duplication event increases the number of efflux proteins in Shewanella that can expel cobalt and underlies its unique NMC resistance. They suggested that future researchers study temporary adaptations similar to gene duplication in bacteria to track how they respond to electronic waste and other new technologies.

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Apple Original Films on Thursday unveiled the trailer for the upcoming documentary film “The Last First: Winter K2.” In “The Last First: Winter K2,” Amir Bar-Lev tells a complex, harrowing, and moving story that takes an unflinching look at the industry of extreme mountain climbing and its changing culture. Focusing on a 2021 expedition, this documentary follows Icelander John Snorri Sigurjónsson and the Pakistani father-son team of Ali and Sajid Sadpara, a party of mountaineers who set out to be the first to summit K2 in the winter, when the mountain’s conditions are the cruelest. The men soon find themselves sharing the treacherous ascent with influencer climbers and their film crews, commercial expedition clients and a Nepalese team no longer content to help Westerners achieve mountaineering glory. “The Last First: Winter K2” takes us to the icy heights and unpredictable weather of K2 and reveals a surprising and layered story — one of strategy and determination, class and caste, money and power — all under life-and-death circumstances.

“The Last First: Winter K2” is directed by Bar-Lev. The film is produced by Howard T. Owens and Ben Silverman through Propagate Content; Sean Richard produces for Object Studios; and Sarah Thomson and John Battsek serve as producers for Ventureland. The film is executive produced by James Packer, Will Kane, Drew Buckley, Taylor Levin, Isabel San Vargas, Bar-Lev, Kerstin Emhoff and Ali Brown.

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O Apple TV lançou hoje o trailer oficial de “K2 — O Desafio Final” (“The Last First: Winter K2”), aclamado documentário do diretor Amir Bar-Lev que tem como foco o monte K2, o segundo mais alto do mundo.

O doc se concentra em uma expedição de 2021, quando Ali e Sajid Sadpara (pai e filho) e John Snorri Sigurjónsson partiram na missão de serem os primeiros a alcançar o cume do K2 no inverno, quando as condições da montanha são mais cruéis.

Segundo a Apple, o documentário revelará uma história “surpreendente e multifacetada” nas alturas geladas e no clima imprevisível do K2 — tudo em um ambiente que requer estratégia e determinação, em circunstâncias de vida ou morte.

Confira o trailer:

O documentário é produzido por Bar-Lev, Sean Richard, Sarah Thomson, John Battsek, Ben Silverman e Howard T. Owens. Já os produtores executivos são Drew Buckley, James Packer, Will Kane, Taylor Levin, Kerstin Emhoff e Ali Brown.

Com edição de Joe Carey, direção de fotografia de Will Pugh e trilha sonora composta por Tom Hodge, o longa será disponibilizado no catálogo do Apple TV em 2 de outubro.

O Apple TV está disponível no aplicativo Apple TV em mais de 100 países e regiões, seja em iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, Macs, dispositivos Android, smart TVs ou online — além de também estar em aparelhos como Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast com Google TV, consoles PlayStation e Xbox. O serviço custa R$34,90 por mês, com um período de teste gratuito de 7 dias. Por tempo limitado, quem comprar e ativar um novo iPhone, iPad, Apple TV ou Mac ganha 3 meses do Apple TV. Ele também faz parte do pacote de assinaturas da empresa, o Apple One.

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Xiaomi launched its SkyNomad SUV family in China today, a lineup of four extended-range models that starts at RMB 209,900, or about $31,275.

It’s Xiaomi’s first move into extended-range vehicles, and the entry price lands below China’s established EREV flagships from Li Auto and Huawei-backed AITO.

The Mercedes EQA, Hyundai IONIQ 5, and BMW i4 hold onto their battery health better than any other electric car, according to the largest independent study of used-EV batteries ever run.

That’s the ranking that falls out of 500,000-plus battery tests published by Austrian diagnostics firm AVILOO, which measured 20 popular EVs at up to 150,000 km (93,000 miles) of use.

An international research team has announced the first-ever successful observation of gravity’s effect on a falling quantum object, demonstrating a connection between gravity and the quantum world first predicted by Albert Einstein.

The research team said the result does not unify quantum mechanics and gravity, nor does it prove that gravity is a quantum phenomenon.

However, the researchers said their study offers experimental support that Einstein’s equivalence principle, a fundamental concept at the heart of the famed scientist’s theory of gravity, remains consistent with matter in the quantum world.

Unifying Einstein’s Theory of Gravity with Quantum Mechanics

When physicists want to describe nature, they rely on two distinct sets of rules. Einstein’s theory of gravity explains the mechanics of large-scale phenomena like stars and galaxies. Conversely, quantum mechanics helps scientists characterize the behavior of extremely small objects. Still, finding a scientific bridge uniting the two sets of rules has proven elusive.

“These two pillars of modern physics have so far eluded all attempts at a unified theoretical framework,” explained Professor Ron Folman from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the lead author of the new study.

Einstein did, however, identify one mechanism where the two worlds meet. Called the equivalence principle, the concept says that gravity should effectively disappear for an observer in free fall. For example, NASA simulates zero-gravity environments by flying astronauts in a plane, making successive rising and falling parabolic arcs. During the short periods of falling, the astronauts briefly experience ‘weightlessness” due to the equivalence principle.

Curious if the same phenomena would apply to the quantum world, the research team, which included Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose, designed experiments. According to a statement announcing the research, the team hoped their setup would allow them to measure a “distinctive change in the quantum properties of atoms as they fell under gravity.”

Experiments Show Gravitational Pull Affecting Quantum Objects

To search for gravity’s effect in the quantum world, the researchers created clouds of rubidium atoms cooled to just above absolute zero. The researchers used a specially designed atom chip that allowed the team to manipulate the ultracold rubidium atoms.

Next, PhD student Or Dobkowski and colleagues used microwave pulses to place the atoms in quantum superposition. This unique quantum state lets each atom travel down two paths at once.

Using tiny electrical wires embedded on the specialized chip, the researchers generated tunable magnetic fields. The researchers said the field’s precision tunability allowed them to apply an upward force to one half of the atomic wave. For this experiment, the team created a magnetic field at the precise strength needed to counter gravity, effectively holding that half of the wave stationary relative to Earth.

After suspending the first half of the wave, the team used a magnetic pulse to lift the second part. Then, the team switched to a state almost unaffected by the magnetic field, allowing it to fall under gravity.

Once the second half completed its fall, the team used magnetic fields to reunite the two halves. When reunited, the two halves of the atomic wave interfered with each other. The researchers said that interaction allowed them to “measure the tiny difference in quantum phase accumulated while one was falling and the other was held still.”

“The phase measured in the new experiment is the same as the one predicted when Einstein’s principle is applied to such a quantum wave,” they explained.

“One of the Most Fundamental Questions in Physics”

When discussing the results, the research team said their result should not be construed as proof that gravity is quantum. The results also do not unite gravity and quantum mechanics. However, Folman noted, “this complex experiment gives more hints as to how such a unification may be achieved.”

Study co-author Professor Vlatko Vedral from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics agreed, while also noting that their experimental results successfully demonstrated Einstein’s equivalence principle’s consistency with quantum mechanics, which alone provides an experimental connection between quantum physics and Einstein’s theory of gravity.

“This experiment pushes quantum mechanics into one of its most intriguing frontiers, gravity, and shows that, once again, its predictions hold,” Professor Vedral explained.

The professor also noted the experiment’s combination of hard experimental data with “a far-reaching theoretical interpretation, about one of the most fundamental questions in physics: How can gravity (described by Einstein’s theory of relativity) and quantum theory be unified into one understanding of the universe?”

The study “Observation of the quantum phase of free fall and the consistency with the equivalence principle” was published in Science Advances. 

Christopher Plain has spent the last six years as Associate News Editor and Head Science Reporter at The Debrief. Follow and connect with him on X, learn about his novels at plainfiction.com, or email him at christopher@thedebrief.org.

The first Japanese citizen to launch into space, Toyohiro Akiyama was also the first commercially sponsored cosmonaut and the world's first journalist to file reports while on a spaceflight.

Akiyama, 84, died last Wednesday, August 26, of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, news agencies in Japan reported. A funeral was held with his close relatives in attendance.

As a correspondent for the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Akiyama was chosen out of his 162 fellow employees who applied to fly to space in celebration of the network's 40th anniversary. He trained at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, located outside of Moscow, and was assigned to the Soyuz TM-11 crew.

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Com 408 cv, tração integral, suspensão de afinação desportiva, caixa manual virtual de oito velocidades e um sistema de direção Steer-by-wire com volante Yoke, o novo Lexus RZ550e F-Sport é a prova de que um SUV elétrico pode ser genuinamente emocionante. E, ainda assim, gastar menos de 15 kWh por cada 100 km no "mundo real".

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The eagerly anticipated Geely Galaxy 700 was expected to be the Chinese brand’s answer to the Range Rover and Land Cruiser – but, with a tire-shredding 1,113 hp on tap, it may be a bigger, boxier answer to Italian exotic cars, instead!

Depois de semanas de teasers, a Xiaomi mostrou finalmente os seus primeiros veículos elétricos de autonomia estendida (EREV), construídos sobre uma nova plataforma, pensada de raiz para maximizar o espaço interior. Os preços de pré-venda arrancam nos 259.900 yuans (cerca de 33 mil euros), bem abaixo da concorrência.

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Ford Apple Maps integration will place the navigation service directly inside a new family of affordable electric vehicles, beginning with a midsize pickup expected to start at approximately $30,000 in 2027.

The truck will not depend on CarPlay or a connected iPhone to access Apple Maps. Ford plans to embed the service through MapKit for Automotive, allowing the automaker to incorporate Apple navigation into its own displays, controls and software environment.

CarPlay will remain available for drivers who want to use iPhone apps, messages, calls and media. The native integration, however, means Apple Maps can continue providing directions when no phone is connected or when the driver uses a device from another manufacturer.

The partnership extends beyond dashboard navigation. Ford also intends to use road-level information from Apple Maps while developing future versions of BlueCruise, connecting Apple mapping data with the driver-assistance technology planned for its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform.

Ford Apple Maps Moves Beyond CarPlay

Ford Apple Maps represents a different approach from the familiar relationship between an iPhone and a vehicle.

CarPlay runs from the phone and presents selected apps through the dashboard. The embedded version of Apple Maps will operate as part of the truck software, giving Ford greater control over how directions, charging information and vehicle data appear across its displays.

Drivers can expect turn-by-turn guidance, live traffic conditions, incident reports and detailed destination information. Ford will be able to adapt the visual experience to match the interface created for its new electric platform rather than reproducing the standard CarPlay layout.

EV routing may become the most practical benefit. The system can consider available range, charging locations and route conditions before recommending where a driver should stop.

When supported by the vehicle, navigation can also trigger battery preconditioning before arriving at a fast charger. Bringing the battery toward an appropriate temperature can reduce charging time, particularly during cold or extremely hot conditions.

Integrating those functions removes part of the planning burden from longer electric trips. Drivers will not need to move constantly between a navigation app, charging network software and separate vehicle menus to understand whether a station is suitable.

The native experience also gives Ford an alternative to building a complete mapping platform internally. Apple already maintains search, traffic, routing and place information across a large geographic network, while Ford can concentrate on vehicle-specific functions.

Apple, meanwhile, gains a route into factory-installed automotive software without needing to produce its own car.

A Different Strategy From CarPlay Ultra

The Ford arrangement should not be confused with CarPlay Ultra.

CarPlay Ultra expands the iPhone experience across multiple vehicle screens and can combine phone content with information supplied by the car, including speed, fuel or battery levels and climate controls.

Ford is taking a more selective path. Apple Maps becomes a native service, but the broader dashboard remains a Ford environment.

That distinction may appeal to automakers reluctant to hand control of the cabin interface to another company. Ford can use Apple technology for navigation while preserving its own identity, subscription services and software architecture.

Drivers still receive a recognizable Apple product, but the vehicle manufacturer determines where it appears and how it interacts with charging, driver assistance and other functions.

The arrangement could provide a model for other automakers that want access to individual Apple services without adopting the complete CarPlay Ultra experience.

A $30,000 Electric Truck Needs More Than a Low Price

Ford plans to introduce the unnamed four-door pickup as the first vehicle based on its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform.

The targeted price of approximately $30,000 would place it below many electric pickups currently available in the United States. Ford is aiming at drivers interested in an EV but unwilling or unable to spend the amounts associated with large premium trucks.

The company says the vehicle will provide more passenger space than a recent Toyota RAV4 while including a front storage compartment and a conventional truck bed. Performance is expected to compare with a Mustang EcoBoost, giving the pickup a stronger argument than affordability alone.

Reaching the price target requires changes throughout the vehicle rather than a smaller battery placed inside an existing truck design.

Ford has reduced the number of components, fasteners and assembly operations involved in the new platform. Its zonal electrical architecture is intended to shorten wiring and simplify how software-controlled systems connect across the vehicle.

Lithium iron phosphate batteries will form part of the structural floor. The chemistry avoids nickel and cobalt, generally costs less than alternatives focused on maximum energy density and can offer strong durability for repeated charging.

Production is planned for the Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky, where Ford is introducing a manufacturing process that separates major vehicle sections before bringing them together later in assembly.

Apple Maps supports the same cost-conscious strategy. Ford can offer a mature navigation experience without financing the creation of every mapping layer from the beginning.

Apple Maps Will Support BlueCruise Development

The partnership becomes more significant when mapping information begins supporting driver assistance.

Ford Latitude AI plans to use road-level Apple Maps data while developing future BlueCruise capabilities. The objective is to create smoother hands-free travel from a highway entrance ramp through the eventual exit.

Apple Maps can provide advance knowledge of road layouts, interchanges, curves and exits. Ford sensors and onboard systems must still identify vehicles, pedestrians, construction and unexpected changes in real time.

Apple is not developing or controlling BlueCruise. Ford remains responsible for the cameras, sensors, processors and driving decisions used by the system.

The maps provide another layer of context. A vehicle that understands the route in advance can prepare for lane changes, merges and exits before its sensors reach them.

Ford is also developing a large driving model through Latitude AI using extensive road data. Combining that work with detailed maps could allow the company to improve assistance without depending entirely on moment-to-moment visual detection.

The Universal Electric Vehicle Platform is expected to support more capable automated driving in later models. Ford has discussed eyes-off operation from 2028, although final hardware, pricing and regulatory approval remain unresolved.

Introducing that technology through an affordable platform would represent a departure from the usual industry pattern. Advanced driver assistance often begins in expensive vehicles where premium pricing absorbs the cost of sensors and computing.

Ford wants to distribute the development expense across a larger family of electric products.

Apple Maps Gives the Truck a Familiar Entry Point

The Apple Maps name may make the new truck feel less unfamiliar to customers buying an electric vehicle for the first time.

Charging behavior, range estimation and route planning can create hesitation among drivers accustomed to gasoline vehicles. Presenting those functions through a navigation service already used on millions of iPhones reduces the number of unfamiliar interfaces introduced at once.

Existing Apple Maps users may also recognize saved locations, search behavior and visual guidance, although Ford has not explained which personal features will require an Apple Account or connected iPhone.

The embedded service will still need reliable integration with vehicle range, charger availability and battery temperature. A familiar logo alone cannot compensate for inaccurate charging information or route estimates.

Ford has not yet announced the truck name, final driving range, battery capacity, production specifications or confirmed base price. Those details will determine whether the pickup can combine its promised affordability with enough capability for everyday work and travel.

The first production model is scheduled for 2027, leaving Ford time to refine the software and reveal how Apple Maps will appear across the dashboard before the Louisville assembly line begins building customer vehicles.

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A Apple anunciou hoje uma parceria com a Ford para que o Apple Maps seja integrado à Universal Electric Vehicle Platform (UEV) da montadora até 2027, por meio do seu kit de desenvolvimento MapKit for Automotive.

A Maçã ainda afirmou que as informações cartográficas em nível de via serão utilizadas pela equipe Latitude AI da Ford para desenvolver um sistema de condução hands-free.

Com o novo SDK ¹Software development kit, ou kit de desenvolvimento de software., a plataforma UEV da Ford permitirá navegação curva a curva a partir de instruções em linguagem natural, informações de trânsito e incidentes em tempo real, busca intuitiva com cartões detalhados de locais e opções de rotas inteligentes.

A Ford deverá utilizar os dados viários dos Mapas da Apple para aprimorar a próxima geração do BlueCruise, seu sistema de condução sem as mãos para rodovias. A experiência da plataforma UEV poderá se assemelhar à dos Mapas no CarPlay, oferecendo um roteamento inteligente para elétricos e pré-condicionamento de bateria — nesse caso, integrados diretamente ao sistema de navegação do veículo.

O CEO ²Chief executive officer, ou diretor executivo. da Ford, Jim Farley, comentou a parceria:

Nossos novos carros de porte médio terão um preço por volta de US$30.000 e redefinirão o que a tecnologia avançada pode ser — simples, útil e realmente acessível para mais consumidores. […] Nós temos o orgulho de incorporar a navegação e a tecnologia de navegação de mapas do Apple Maps diretamente na nossa Universal Electric Vehicle Platform, dando aos consumidores uma experiência definitiva de navegação junto com o nosso app da Ford, uma suíte completa de software e a próxima geração do BlueCruise, tudo habilitado para uma nova arquitetura zonal. O Apple Maps entregou um produto de classe mundial, e estamos honrados em ser um dos primeiros a incorporá-lo diretamente em um veículo, ajudando a definir uma condução mais intuitiva e capaz.

Para os proprietários de carros da Ford, a Apple confirmou a continuidade do suporte ao CarPlay, embora a colaboração permita que até mesmo quem não utiliza um iPhone possua os Mapas da Apple com todos os seus recursos. Com o kit de desenvolvimento MapKit for Automotive, a expectativa da Apple é que mais montadoras incorporem os Mapas aos seus próprios sistemas.

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O EX30 é o Volvo mais pequeno e mais acessível da gama, e um dos SUV elétricos compactos mais interessantes do mercado. Testámos a versão P5 Plus, com bateria de 55 kWh, e ficámos rendidos ao bom ambiente a bordo, e com a eficiência superior à anunciada. Mas não conseguimos ignorar algumas decisões de design que dão que pensar numa marca com o histórico de segurança da Volvo.

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Miami-based startup Chip Motors has unveiled Chip, an electric “life utility vehicle” that starts at $15,000 and tops out at 25 mph.

The boxy, open-air four-seater is a low-speed vehicle aimed at short daily trips, and it lands in one of the fastest-growing corners of the EV market.

Lamborghini has doubled down on backing away from electric vehicles. A second executive now confirms the Lanzador will launch as a plug-in hybrid rather than an EV, and that the brand’s first fully electric car won’t arrive until after 2030.

The reason, according to the company, is that its customers “were not willing to buy an electric car” and that the “technology is not mature enough.”

A new analysis of nearly 10,000 real-world EV battery tests found that the same Tesla Model 3 holds up very differently depending on which battery it was built with — and the cheaper LFP version comes out on top.

The Model 3 with CATL’s lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pack averaged 93.3% battery health among cars that had driven more than 62,000 miles, beating every nickel-based version of the car in the dataset.

GMC is marking 25 years of the Hummer nameplate with the Hummer EV ICON | 25, a limited-run edition of its all-electric supertruck that revives the yellow paint of the original H2.

The tribute arrives at an awkward moment: Hummer EV sales fell nearly 55% in the first half of 2026 as demand for pricey electric trucks cooled.

Xiaomi has revealed the SkyNomad N90, the first model in its new SkyNomad series and the company’s first extended-range electric vehicle. CEO Lei Jun posted the first official exterior images today, and a new regulatory filing confirmed the full specs.

The N90 is a full-size, three-row SUV with a claimed combined range of more than 1,500 km (932 miles), aimed squarely at Li Auto and Huawei-backed Aito in China’s fast-growing EREV market.