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

New lithium-ion battery won’t catch fire

Researchers appear to have corrected a lithium-ion battery's biggest safety hazard: its combustibility.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Oct. 21, 2019 ~4 min

Bendy battery can stretch and twist without losing power

As flexible electronics and folding screens become more widely available, a new twisty, bendable battery could power all the new tech.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
Sept. 25, 2019 ~5 min


Electric scooters aren’t the greenest way to get around

Electric scooter companies may say they're environmentally friendly, but using scooters may not be the greenest way to get where you're going.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Sept. 11, 2019 ~5 min

Microwave-size harvester gets water from desert air

A new water harvester can get pure drinking water from the air, even in some of the driest desert environments on the planet.

Robert Sanders-UC Berkeley • futurity
Sept. 4, 2019 ~8 min

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