New approach could speed up electric car charging in the cold

Electric car charging becomes less efficient in colder weather, but a new strategy for manufacturing battery electrodes could speed things up.

U. Michigan • futurity
April 3, 2025 ~6 min

Why your headphone batteries don’t last as long as new ones

Ever notice that batteries in electronics don’t last as long as they did when they were brand new? New research digs into why.

Nat Levy-UT Austin • futurity
Feb. 10, 2025 ~6 min


Sensors and AI could help keep car batteries from exploding

"We need to move to green energy, but there are safety concerns associated with lithium-ion batteries." New research could help change that.

U. Arizona • futurity
Sept. 9, 2024 ~5 min

Batteries are a growing source of ‘forever chemical’ pollution

The manufacturing and disposal of lithium ion batteries is a large and growing source of pollution from a sub-class of "forever chemicals."

Duke University • futurity
Aug. 14, 2024 ~5 min

Faster, cleaner method recovers lithium from battery waste

A new process can retrieve as much as 50% of the lithium in spent lithium-ion battery cathodes in as little as 30 seconds.

Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice • futurity
Aug. 5, 2024 ~6 min

Lithium for batteries could come from fracking wastewater

Fracking wastewater could be a new source of lithium, a key ingredient in batteries for everything from smartphones and electric cars.

U. Pittsburgh • futurity
June 17, 2024 ~5 min

Robotic lab hunts for better battery ‘recipes’

Researchers used a robotic lab to mix unconventional ingredients in just the right order to make complex materials for batteries.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
April 10, 2024 ~6 min

Sound-powered sensors don’t need batteries

A sensor that uses energy from sound waves to control electronic devices could, one day, save millions of batteries.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Jan. 31, 2024 ~6 min


Soap may hold the secret to longer-lasting batteries

Researchers say the key to making batteries last longer may come from a mundane source: the way soap works.

Juan Siliezar-Brown • futurity
Nov. 8, 2023 ~7 min

Cracks in lithium-ion batteries actually speeds up charging

Cracks in lithium-ion batteries actually speed up electric vehicle charging. This runs counter to the view of many EV manufacturers.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 10, 2023 ~6 min

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