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How Aluminum Batteries Might Disrupt Lithium
The Globe and Mail posted a piece in March 2017, suggesting a new aluminum-ion battery…
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When Will We Get Stretchable Wearable Batteries?
Traditional battery designs are either rectangular, or tubular. Consequently, we grew up with bulky devices.
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What Toyota Plans For Electric Car Batteries
We touched the other day on Toyota’s thinking about electric car batteries. And how it…
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Solid-State Electric Cars We Dream Of
The battery is the heart of the electric car, for it directs the nature of…
Battery Experiments
A Potato Clock For Smart Kids Who Know
We rely on digital clocks in all kinds of ways, and when their batteries go…
Battery Experiments
Light Up Your Life With Lemon Batteries
If we strip away the glittery labels and marketing hype, all a battery contains are…
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Magnesium Ions Dance Through Solid Electrolyte
The possibility of magnesium batteries has tantalized scientists for over a decade. Because magnesium has…
Battery Basics
How Tap Water Harms Lead Batteries
Lead-acid batteries comprise lead plates between which ions exchange through a sulfuric acid solution. Manufacturers…
Battery Basics
Basic Battery Facts & What Batteries Do
Batteries are stores of energy that become electricity when we release it. This amount of…
Battery Basics
How Auto Lead Acid Batteries Work
Auto lead acid batteries work well, because they are among the simplest electrical devices we…