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Electric car charging

Technology

Car batteries with tiny heaters could charge in just 11 minutes

A battery that includes tiny heaters inside it can be charged to 70 per cent, the equivalent to a range of more than 300 kilometres for an electric car, in just 11 minutes

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Seaweed washed up on a beach

Chemistry

Battery made using seaweed still works after charging 1000 times

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Aluminium-sulphur battery

Technology

Fire-resistant aluminium-sulphur battery charges in under a minute

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Photograph of a stencil-printed two-cell paper battery with a design that spells the name of the authors' research institution (Empa). The battery is running a liquid crystal display alarm clock. Credit: Alexandre Poulin.

Technology

Disposable paper battery is activated by a drop of tap water

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Lithium batteries

Chemistry

Tracing lithium’s atomic signature could help make ethical batteries

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Lithium-ion batteries

Technology

Gel-coated battery could stop mobile phones catching fire or exploding

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Phone low on charge

Technology

Batteries built with bumpy components work better in the freezing cold

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Liquid

Technology

Device that stores liquid sunshine could one day power your phone

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Technology

How to make sustainable batteries that won’t wreck the planet

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