内容摘要：Congo is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and smartphones. The country also has substantial gold, diamond and copper reserves.

Congo is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and smartphones. The country also has substantial gold, diamond and copper reserves.

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, and also see whether you can give a second life to anyfor big events, and now I don’t have a closet full of fancy dresses I’ll only wear once,” Phillips said.Also on her rental list: Reusable moving bins for relocating, instead of a towering stack of cardboard. The library versus the bookstore.

“If you look around, you’ll be surprised by all the rental services that are available now,” she said. “You don’t have to buy items that you’ll only use a few times before they get tossed.”Caveat: If you’re able.

sounds daunting, pledge to do it for trips of a mile or less to get started. If four wheels is the only way to go, there’s always the good old-fashioned carpool.

Try to combine errands to make fewer trips.Montgomery praised Pisano’s bravery for attempting the latest pig organ-to-human experiment, what’s called xenotransplantation. The research aims to one day shore up the dire shortage of transplantable organs.

“Lisa helped bring us closer to realizing a future where someone does not have to die for another person to live,” Montgomery said. “She will forever be remembered for her courage and good nature.”Back in April, the 54-year-old Pisano told The Associated Press that she knew the pig kidney might not work but “I just took a chance. And you know, worst case scenario, if it didn’t work for me, it might have worked for someone else.”

Pisano was the second patient ever to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig. The first,received his transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital and died in early May, nearly two months later. His doctor has said he died of preexisting heart disease, not as a result of the transplant.