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Researchers Will Make Batteries from Used Glass
It almost seems like we can create any substance from waste – well, maybe not…
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Safer Button Batteries for Little Children
We have campaigned for safer button batteries for some time. You may recall they short-circuit…
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Glass Recycling for Better Batteries
The race is on to discover better batteries for electronic devices. Batteries that will charge…
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New Silicon Battery Anodes From Bottles
Most smartphone owners would jump at longer lasting batteries that charge faster too. Having phones…
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Making Anodes from Silicon Scrap
Silicon is back in battery news again. Not long ago we reported on replacing lead…
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Silicon Joule Lead Battery Surge
Lithium has been so much in the news of late that lead acid seemed like…
The Sally Miksiewicz Award: “Lead Is Far from Dead”
The day we posted the Bi-polar Battery piece, we got a letter from Gerry Woolf…
Advancement in Quantum Transistors Due to a 45-Year Old Physics Mystery
An unusual iridescent material, that has puzzled physicists for decades, turns out to be…
Revolutionary New Form of Silicon Great for Solar Panels
A team of Carnegie scientists led by Timothy Strobel has synthesized an entirely new…
Carbon Nanotubes: Replacing Silicon In Circuits
There seems to be an new semiconductor that will replace the more popular silicon. For…