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This research was recently published in Nature Energy and won a Gold Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva in Switzerland.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

It was named one of Time’s Best Inventions of 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Book number three, Kay's Incredible Inventions, is aimed at inspiring "the next generation of scientists and inventors".

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

You’re right: Inventions can be hit or miss.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2023

It can also be tested by impact or even pulled apart by a sudden blow, as described in Mechanical Inventions of To-day.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.