Battery Basics
Li-Ion Batteries Up in the Sky
Nickel-cadmium and Li-Ion batteries on board passenger aircraft have an important job to do. They…
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Imagine Eating Melanin-Powered Edible Electronics
I hope you are not talking televisions and smartphones, we hear you say. Of course…
Let’s Keep That Battery Going Longer
The rain is pouring, you are late for something, and the engine won’t turn over.…
Why Does that Battery Have That Name?
Battery cell formats have changed hugely down the years from the early 1700’s, when the…
Battery Basics
Look Who’s Treading on Tesla Turf
In March 2015 researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute suggested electric car sales will accelerate…
Battery Experiments
How a Pile of Pennies Lights Your Life
This article is about using pennies to make a battery. We wrote about a fellow…
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No Need to Eat Our Socks
All batteries have three basic bits that make our phones work, our cars start, and…
New Battery Research
Beam Me Up I’m Wearing My Photovoltaics
We have been dreaming of portable electronics and mini solar booster packs ever since Captain…
New Battery Research
California UNI Comes Closer to an Everlasting Battery
We’re excited about the possibility of a battery we can recharge forever, and no, we…
New Microbattery Holds Twice the Power of Current Microbatteries
Scientists have created a microbattery that holds twice the energy in comparison to current…