Trade Tensions and Timeless Tech
President Trump threatens Canada with massive tariffs over a new China trade deal while researchers discover Thomas Edison may have accidentally created graphene in 1879.
This episode of Neural Newscast examines the escalating trade rhetoric between the United States and Canada following a strategic partnership between Ottawa and Beijing. We also look back at the Gilded Age to see how a modern miracle material might have been hiding in the first light bulbs.
- 🏛️ President Trump threatens 100 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods in response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's trade deal with China.
- 📊 Trade experts warn of disruptions to the 2.7 billion dollars in goods and services that cross the northern border every single day.
- 💼 Prime Minister Carney defends Canada's sovereignty at Davos, positioning the nation as a leader for middle powers in a shifting global order.
- 🔬 A new study in ACS Nano suggests Thomas Edison produced graphene in 1879 during his pursuit of a long-lasting light bulb filament.
- 💡 Modern researchers at Rice University use advanced imaging to find nanotechnology secrets buried in 19th-century carbonized materials.
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