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The UK's statistics office says a new way of measuring productivity changes the story of the slowdown after the financial crisis. Falling average hours worked now play a bigger role, and slower output per hour a smaller one.
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Lithium left in used lithium iron phosphate batteries was converted into thin lithium metal foil in a lab process. The work used simulated spent powder and recovered 98% of the lithium.
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Heart valve flaps open and close millions of times a year yet stay strong for decades. Tests on pig hearts suggest the natural stretch pattern of each heartbeat protects their collagen from enzymes that would otherwise break it down.
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Disabled residents in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, are auditing buildings and building a public accessibility map. Of 350 buildings assessed so far, 60.3 percent had a ramp barrier, either no ramp or one that was hard to use.
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The top five firms in an average UK industry now take a smaller share of sales than in 2010. New ONS statistics put the weighted five-firm share at 0.38 in 2025, down from 0.45.
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Explainer
Productivity is output per worker, and it can slow because people work fewer hours or because each hour produces less. Here is how to tell the two apart and why better data can change the split.
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