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Why batteries come in so many sizes and shapes
Maybe you have a drawer in your house that looks like this? Peter Fiskerstrand/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Wesley Chang,…
New Method Developed for Safer and More Efficient Battery Electrolytes
At a Glance As the use of electric and hybrid vehicles continues to grow globally, the need for…
Scientists Discover Cooperative Behavior in Battery Electrolytes, Boosting Performance
At a Glance A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Argonne National Laboratory has made…
How zinc-ion batteries may solve our renewable energy storage problem
Storm William D Gourley, McMaster University and Drew Higgins, McMaster University Hotter summers, drier forests, rising waters: climate…
How Do Batteries Work, Anyway?
In today’s increasingly mobile world, we rely heavily on innovations that allow us to move with our gadgets.…
Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years
Small planes are easier to electrify, but larger ones aren’t far behind. Chalabala/istock via Getty Images Gökçin Çınar,…
Electric eels inspired the first battery two centuries ago and now point a way to future battery technologies
Prepare to be stunned by a technology that nature perfected. maradek/iStock via Getty Images Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown…
Researchers Just Created the World’s Smallest Battery Assembly—And It’s Size of a Dust Grain
Just when you thought devices couldn’t possibly get any smaller, researchers from the Chemnitz University of Technology (TUC),…
“Gamma Sulfur” May Hold the Key to Future Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Sulfur (S) has seen itself in the center of several new developments in the field of battery engineering…
New “Rubber” Electrolyte May Make Future EV Batteries Safer and Better
Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly becoming more appealing to customers who may want to maintain their ease of…