Why your battery is dying – the answer could vastly improve battery life
Lithium-ion batteries are the most used rechargeable batteries in the world. If you've owned a smartphone or laptop for more ...
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Silly Putty ingredient helps improve batteries
Photo: momfabfun.com When you think about Silly Putty toys, the last thing that comes to mind is high-tech. A group ...
Organic flow battery may help usher renewable energy
A prototype of the flow battery developed at Harvard. (c) Eliza Grinnell, SEAS Communications One of the biggest arguments against ...
Synthetic ‘supercapacitor’ material combines rapid energy storage and release
Illustration of form of nobium oxide synthesized by UCLA researchers (UCLA/Nature Materials) Scientists at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of ...
Stretchy electronics grow even further with flexible batteries
The team tested their battery by stretching it 300% while it powered an LED lamp. In just a couple of ...
‘Green’ batteries made from a red dye plant as an alternative to toxic batteries
Purpurin, left, extracted from madder root, center, is chemically lithiated, right, for use as an organic cathode in batteries. (c) ...
Scientists develop paint that can turn any surface into a battery
In today's fast evolving world of tech, miniaturization is crucial. In most portable consumer electronics goods, like smartphones or tablets, the typical ...
World’s smallest battery created with a nanowire
A team led by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Jianyu Huang created the smallest battery in the world, with a single ...
Future cars could be partially powered by their bodywork
Parts of the car's bodywork could double up as it's batter in a not so far away future; at least ...
Submersible Robot Runs on Sea’s Heat
This sounds truly great, and I was quite surprised to see it, but it's a reality. Scientists invented the ...
Energy-efficient microchip promises to keep cell phones charged 10 times as long
Charging the cell phones is a drag; and the battery drops out just when you need it most. Having a ...
