Battery Basics
Why Do We Call a Battery … A Battery
What’s in a name? Nothing, until we associate it with something concrete. Before 1799, a…
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Was Otto von Guericke a Battery Visionary?
Otto von Guericke was the first person to demonstrate static electricity. This is a condition…
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How to Extend Your Battery Life
Battery life depends mainly on battery design and manufacturing quality. Individual batteries also benefit from…
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Nissan Finds New Use for Lithium-Ion Batteries
The Nissan Navara EnGuard emergency support pickup may not be an electric-powered vehicle, but it…
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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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Harvesting the Power Blowing in the Wind
Have you ever wondered what those little fans are doing spinning in the wind on…
What is an Electric Current? A Simple Explanation
An electric current is a flow of an electric charge between two points. Imagine it…
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Electric Cars Rev Up on Lithium-Oxygen
Researchers at Cambridge University with its famous Mathematicians Bridge, claim to have taken a quantum…
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‘Ancient Battery’ from the Parthian Period
The Parthian Empire controlled the Middle East and Central Europe from 247 BC to 224…
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Why Phone Batteries Explode
We use the soft, silver white metal called lithium in a variety of applications. Its…