lithium – The Loh Down On Science

Low Battery Brain

November 21, 2025 Arjun Nair

Can we recharge our brains’ batteries? Literally?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s seems to drain our brains. Some say the disease’s sticky plaques are what causes memory loss. How? Enter Bruce Yankner and team at Harvard. They wondered if the plaques are actually

Clean Energy’s Dirty Side

September 8, 2025 Donghui Ma

Does clean energy have a dirty downside? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Electric cars! Sleek, silent, and saving the planet! Or… are they? Jennifer L. Guelfo and team from Texas Tech and Duke University took a closer look at lithium-ion batteries. They detected PFAS