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Batteries made with water could power e-scooters without exploding

In the hunt for an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, which can catch fire, researchers have developed an improved water-based power source

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Technology

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

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An Aloe vera plant

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Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing supercapacitors

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Close-up of Lithium-ion Cells for High-voltage Electric Vehicle Batteries

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Ultrasound could spot battery defects that might lead to fires

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Physics

Quantum batteries could charge better by breaking rules of causality

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Solid-state batteries

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What are solid-state batteries and why do we need them?

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Future battery concepts

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Quantum batteries that charge wirelessly might never lose efficiency

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Joby Aviation's aircraft

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Electric flying vehicle gets clearance for flight tests in the US

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Inside the gigafactory producing the greenest batteries in the world

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A breast cancer tumour in a mouse

Health

Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery

By consuming oxygen near to tumours, the battery makes a class of experimental drugs target oxygen-free cancerous cells more effectively

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Ultra-tough battery survives hammer blows and being run over by a car

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Chemistry

Graphene with ripples could help make better hydrogen fuel cells

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Microplastics can be recycled to make electrodes for lithium batteries

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Car batteries with tiny heaters could charge in just 11 minutes

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