Automaker produces the world's first sodium-ion battery electric vehicle
Chinese automaker JAC Motors has made history by unveiling the world's first electric vehicle (EV) powered by a sodium-ion battery.
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Joseph Shavit
- Mar 10
Groundbreaking "water battery" will revolutionize clean energy
Lightweight, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries are widely used in mobile phones, laptops, and other necessities in today’s world.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 26
Electrifying new research dispels EV 'range anxiety'
A nagging concern U.S. consumers have about electric vehicles is the ability of these battery-operated cars to get you where you want to go.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 24
Nuclear waste powered diamond battery lasts for thousands of years
Radioactive diamond batteries were first developed in 2016 and were immediately acclaimed as a cost-effective way of recycling nuclear waste
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 5
Groundbreaking "water battery" is greener, safer and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries
Lightweight, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries are widely used in mobile phones, laptops, and other necessities in today’s world.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 3
Breakthrough liquid metal material could revolutionize high-value technologies
Researchers developed a technique that uses liquid metal to create an elastic material that is impervious to both gases and liquids.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 30
Game-changing plug-and-play biobatteries can generate power for weeks
As our tech and IoT needs grow, figuring out how to provide power in remote locations has become an expanding field of research.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 29
Charging cars at home at night is wrong, according to Stanford research
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We’re doing it wrong, according to study
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 26
Groundbreaking solid state lithium metal EV battery charges in just 15 minutes
They claim that they can increase the autonomy of an electric car by up to 80%, and it that it can charge from 0 to 80% in just 15 minutes.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 21
Groundbreaking battery powered by nuclear waste lasts 1,000's of years
Radioactive diamond batteries were immediately acclaimed because they promised a new, cost-effective way of recycling nuclear waste.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 9
Groundbreaking bacterial biobatteries can power IoT devices for weeks
Researchers developed a "plug-and-play" biobattery that lasts for weeks at a time and can be stacked to improve output voltage and current.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5
Groundbreaking "water battery" is greener and lasts longer than lithium-ion batteries
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for 3 hours.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 2
Groundbreaking ingestible sensor will revolutionize gut health
This feat of technological integration could unlock new understanding of intestinal metabolite composition, impacting human health overall.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 30, 2022
Researchers develop a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and low-cost material
The need is growing fast for economical, large-scale backup systems to provide power when the sun is down and the air is calm.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 26, 2022
Novel solid state lithium metal battery can charge an EV in just 15 minutes
By using a solid electrolyte instead of the typical liquid solution, solid-state batteries can store considerably more energy by weight.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 21, 2022
Groundbreaking battery powered by nuclear waste can last over 1,000 years
Radioactive diamond batteries were immediately acclaimed because they promised a new, cost-effective way of recycling nuclear waste.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 21, 2022
Charging the future through better, safer and less expensive 'water batteries'
Researchers are betting on humble aqueous batteries – with water-based electrolytes – generally regarded as safe, reliable and affordable.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 5, 2022
Breakthrough "water battery" is greener and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for 3 hours.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 30, 2022
Scientists develop a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and low-cost material
Researchers have developed a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and inexpensive materials, that could help to fill that gap.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 30, 2022
Incredible biobatteries can generate power for weeks
Watson College of Engineering has been working for years on biobatteries, which generate electricity through bacterial interaction.
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