Battery : Science World Report

Jan 18, 2017 03:20 AM EST

A Battery Contains 'Fire Extinguisher' Discovered

Stanford researchers developed a new lithium-ion battery that has fire extinguisher material.

Jul 30, 2016 04:30 AM EDT

Tesla Gigafactory Expected To Drive Down Battery Costs, Future Of The Company

Tesla’s gigafactory is suggested to be the largest building in the world by footprint, could it also be the biggest, rightest decision the company ever made?

Jul 21, 2016 06:44 AM EDT

Vitamin Powered Batteries Are Greener Alternative To Metal Ion Based Batteries

Vitamin-powered batteries were created by a team of Harvard University chemists to store a day’s worth of energy.

Jan 22, 2016 11:23 AM EST

Self-Heating Lithium-Ion Battery Takes On Winter Woes

Researchers have created an all-climate battery that self-heats at cold temperatures.

Jan 12, 2016 01:05 PM EST

Stanford Scientists Create a Lithium-Ion Battery That Won't Overheat

Scientists may have developed a battery that can't overheat. The new lithium-ion battery automatically shuts down before overheating and then restarts immediately when the temperature cools.

Nov 02, 2015 07:40 AM EST

New Lithium-Air Battery Has 90 Percent Efficiency and Could Revolutionize Electric Cars

Scientists have officially developed a working lithium-oxygen battery with a high energy density that's more than 90 percent efficient.

Oct 07, 2015 07:48 AM EDT

Changing Trees into Energy Storage Devices: How to Store Green Energy with Cellulose

Scientists may be turning trees into energy storage devices.

Sep 30, 2015 07:44 AM EDT

Mushrooms May Create Environmentally Safe Batteries of the Future

Mushrooms aren't just good to eat. It turns out that they may also be useful for creating batteries. Scientists have found that portabella mushrooms may stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time.

Aug 03, 2015 10:55 AM EDT

World's First Ever Solar Battery Runs with Water

cientists have made an important milestone when it comes to the world's first ever solar battery.

Apr 21, 2015 09:46 AM EDT

New Battery Imaging Method May Create a Better Future for Renewable Energy

Scientists have developed a new X-ray imaging technique to visualize and study the reactions in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries containing a new type of material called iron fluoride.

Oct 03, 2014 01:21 PM EDT

Scientists Create Very First Solar Battery that Stores its Own Power

Scientists may have created the very first solar battery. Researchers have succeeded in combining a battery and a solar cell into one hybrid device, which could be huge in terms of renewable energy capture and storage.

Sep 30, 2014 06:47 AM EDT

Eco-Friendly Battery is Powered with Seeds and Pine Resin

Scientists may have just created a new eco-friendly battery. They've used materials from alfalfa and pine resin in order to create a new battery that could potentially replace present-day lithium batteries.