New tech keeps phone batteries from going boom

New technology can keep lithium batteries like those in our phones from heating up, failing, or exploding, researchers report.

Vandana Suresh-Texas A&M • futurity
July 15, 2020 ~7 min

Lasers and sticky tape triple lithium metal battery life

A new technique that mirrors how scientists make graphene with lasers uses sticky tape to improve lithium metal batteries.

Jeff Falk-Rice • futurity
July 14, 2020 ~6 min


Safe electric car battery lasts for 1 million miles

A new lithium-ion battery for electric cars offers both safety and high performance—and can last for 1 million miles.

Walt Mills-Penn State • futurity
March 5, 2020 ~3 min

A.I. speeds up battery testing for electric vehicles

Artificial intelligence has brought the dream of recharging electric vehicles in the time it takes to stop at a gas station closer to reality.

Mark Golden-Stanford • futurity
Feb. 24, 2020 ~8 min

8 tips to make your gadget’s battery last longer

These tips can make lithium-ion batteries last longer. That's good news for you and the environment, researchers say.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 19, 2020 ~6 min

Grades could give old electric car batteries a ‘second life’

Researchers have figured out how to give electric car batteries that have reached the end of their life new potential, which is better for the environment.

Alice Scott-Warwick • futurity
Jan. 22, 2020 ~5 min

Defects can boost battery cathodes but only to a point

Too much stress in widely used lithium iron phosphate battery cathodes can open cracks and quickly degrade batteries.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Jan. 15, 2020 ~3 min

‘Detours’ might lead to better batteries

Defects could actually make batteries better, which could affect transportation, electronics, and solar power energy storage, researchers report.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Dec. 31, 2019 ~4 min


Frozen car batteries won’t blow up in transit

Flash freezing car batteries offers a way to transport them in a safer, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly way, researchers say.

Alice Scott-Warwick • futurity
Dec. 2, 2019 ~3 min

10-minute charging for electric cars may be on the way

A new battery could lead to super fast charging for electric cars. It would take just 10 minutes for a range of 200 to 300 miles.

A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State • futurity
Nov. 6, 2019 ~3 min

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