Trio awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for battery devp
Stockholm (Sweden): The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino on Wednesday “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”
“The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 rewards the development of the lithium-ion battery. This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery are now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles,” an official statement by the Nobel committee read.
Elaborating on the individual contributions of the three scientists, the official handle of the Nobel Prize tweeted, “Chemistry Laureate John Goodenough doubled the lithium battery’s potential, creating the right conditions for a vastly more powerful and useful battery.”
It also outlined that in 1970’s, it was Whittingham who had used lithium’s enormous drive to release its outer electron when he developed the first functional lithium battery.
Sharing details of Yoshino’s breakthrough, the committee stated that he had succeeded in eliminating pure lithium from the battery, instead basing it wholly on lithium ions, which are safer than pure lithium.
“This made the battery workable in practice”, it tweeted.
Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our lives since they first entered the market in 1991.
These batteries can store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society. (ANI)
Pakistan’s Christians oppose new marriage law
Lahore: Pakistan’s Christian community has expressed its oppostion the new marriage law promulgated for the community, with its representatives contending that some of its provisions are not compatible with their religious teachings and the Bible.
Addressing a press conference in the Press Club here, the Christian community’s representatives, from the Catholic Church, the Church of Pakistan, Supreme Council of Bishops of Pakistan and other organisations, said that the Christian Marriage and Divorce Act 2019 had made the process of divorce very easy.
They said they objected to the law’s Section 48, which says either the husband or the wife can move the court for a divorce if they develop serious differences, saying that making divorce this easy would have a detrimental effect on married life and was against their faith, and its teachings. (IANS)