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Nikola Tesla Strode the Stage, And Was Gone
Nikola Tesla strode the stage of electric history. We should do more than just remember…
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Self-Healing Batteries at Penn Engineering
Scientists at Penn Engineering have taken up the challenge of lithium-ion’s self-destructive personality. They recognize…
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Stanley Whittinghams Lithium Battery Lives On
Much battery research is purely academic and the suggestions gather dust. However, Stanley Whittinghams lithium…
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Lithium Batteries Earn Nobel Prizes for Three
Scientific American shared its excitement on October 9, 2019. That’s because the Nobel committee had…
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Album of Historic Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are not a new innovation. In fact, ones running on lead-acid batteries were…
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Few Women in Battery History, Why is That So?
We know the reason before we ask, and the answer is gender prejudice. Why else…
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Samuel Morse Turns Grief Into Life-Saving Code
If there’s a competition for the least likely inventor of an electrical device then Samuel…
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Thomas Townsend Brown, a Mysterious Man
Thomas Townsend Brown is a mysterious figure in electrical history. This was because he had…
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Ionocraft History Early Work by Ethan Krauss
As kids, we dreamed big dreams of silent spacecraft shooting between the stars. We imagined…
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Willard Case: Patent for Battery Not Using Zinc
Willard Case applied for a patent for an ‘electrolytic liquid for storage batteries’ in New…