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Towards Sustainable High Capacity Batteries
Northwestern University in Illinois, United States, has its eyes looking ahead towards sustainable high capacity batteries. Their engineers have an…
Two Madagascar Cyclones in One Month
The island of Madagascar off the east coast of southern Africa experienced two tropical storms already this year, and we…
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Imperfect Personal Battery Storage Solution
This is a second article in a short series in which we compare batteries and capacitors. We do so in…
Battery Basics
Let’s Compare Batteries and Capacitors
We can store energy in many different kinds of ways. We could do it, for example by tensing our muscles…
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What Happens Inside a Leclanche Cell?
Okay, so you went on a school expedition where they showed you a Leclanche cell? Maybe they went as far…
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William Dubilier’s Mica Dielectric Capacitor
If storage batteries are at the heart of every portable electrical device, we are bound to find capacitors there too.…