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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…
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Four Things About Starter Batteries You Did Not Know
We’ve become quiet blasé about auto starter batteries in North America. We expect them to…
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Lithium-Ion Battery History & Functions
Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most significant devices of our times. Although we do…
Climate Change
Climate and Volcanoes in Deadly Embrace
The eruption of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra on 22…