This comprehensive review establishes the existing methods and effectiveness of lithium ion battery recycling while putting forth a proposal for the future of lithium ion battery recycling. This proposed mechanism will include artificial intelligence powered diagnoses of the cathode materials to determine the failure features of the cathode and the optimal way to recycle the materials within, as well as the facility to sort the recyclable materials within one facility to establish a closed-loop system.

Nanoplastics can cross biological barriers and may pose risks to the central nervous system, but how deeply they penetrate brain-like tissues and where they induce oxidative stress have remained unclear. Researchers from Wuhan University and Nanjing Medical University developed a flexible electrochemical sensor based on platinum nanoparticle-modified carbon nanotube fiber to monitor hydrogen peroxide, a key oxidative stress marker, within human cortical organoids. The sensor revealed that nanoplastic-induced oxidative stress increased over time but remained mainly localized within the approximately 100-μm-deep region where most particles accumulated.

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have become an integral part of everyday life for many people and businesses. They are being used, for example, to gather information from multiple sources and to support complex planning processes. Yet these AI systems are not infallible and they continue to make mistakes – LLMs hallucinate and struggle to combine information in a logically rigorous manner. Computational linguist Michael Hahn has set out to strengthen the theoretical foundations of AI reasoning, and he has now been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth €1.5 million over five years to pursue this work.