Batteries

Scientists develop dirt-powered fuel cell that could replace batteries

Researchers led by Northwestern University have developed a fuel cell that generates electricity using microbes naturally found in soil. The…

7 days ago

Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time

Quantum batteries could harvest energy by reversing time’s arrowda-kuk/Getty Images A method that can reverse the flow of time in…

2 weeks ago

Safety Concerns Over Lithium Batteries, ETTravelWorld

The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday clarified that passengers are not allowed to use power banks to…

4 months ago

Mechanistic understanding could enable better fast-charging batteries

Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering everything from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. They're also notorious for overheating or…

1 year ago

2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ gets smart, with batteries

What’s in a name? The Escalade IQ is smarter, it turns out A big battery delivers 460 miles of range…

1 year ago

Recycling lithium-ion batteries cuts emissions and strengthens supply chain

Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical metals has significantly lower environmental impacts than mining virgin metals, according to a…

1 year ago

Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation Might Be Linked With Leaking Hydrogen Protons, Study Finds

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have made a significant breakthrough in understanding battery degradation. This discovery has major…

2 years ago

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Batteries lose capacity over time, which is why older cellphones run out of power more quickly. This common phenomenon, however,…

2 years ago

Development of a model capable of predicting the cycle lives of high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries

NIMS and SoftBank Corp. have jointly developed a model capable of predicting the cycle lives of high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries by…

2 years ago

How lithium-ion batteries work

Lithium-ion batteries are what make modern electric vehicles possible. This Engineering Explained video shows how they work, and how they're…

2 years ago