Glennda Chui

Senior Editor

Glennda edits all sorts of materials and writes about things like quantum materials, making fuels from water and building better batteries. She’s a former science reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and lecturer in the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program, and holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in journalism. She’s fond of tiny things, from skyrmions to spiders, and loves to sing and dance.

News Feature

Streamlining their journey through the electrolyte could help lithium-ion batteries charge faster.

Illustration of molecular layers in battery electrolyte

Press Release

They created a comprehensive picture of how the same chemical processes that give these cathodes their high capacity are also linked to changes in...

Electrode structure for lithium ion battery.

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These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making electrical...

Illustration of spin and charge stripes modeled by computer

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Remarkable cryo-EM images that reveal details down to the individual atom will yield new insights into why high-energy batteries fail.

A lithium metal dendrite, taken with cryogenic electron microscopy or cryo-EM

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This novel method could shrink the equipment needed to make laser pulses billionths of a billionth of a second long for studying ultra-speedy electron...

In this illustration, a near-infrared laser beam hits a piece of ordinary glass and triggers a process called high harmonic generation

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It's the first to employ AI to help the grid manage power fluctuations, resist damage and recover faster from storms, solar eclipses, cyberattacks and...

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Glennda Chui

First Nanoscale Look at How Lithium Ions Navigate a Molecular Maze to Reach Battery Electrode

Scientists Discover Path to Improving Game-Changing Battery Electrode

Study Confirms that Cuprate Materials Have Fluctuating Stripes that May Be Linked to High-temperature Superconductivity

Scientists Get First Close-ups of Finger-Like Growths that Trigger Battery Fires

A Potential New and Easy Way to Make Attosecond Laser Pulses: Focus a Laser on Ordinary Glass

SLAC-Led Project Will Use Artificial Intelligence to Prevent or Minimize Electric Grid Failures

Written by Glennda Chui