Swallowing a battery is usually a medical emergency. But what if you could swallow one that powers a medical device inside your body and then safely dissolves when its job is done? Researchers have ...

A team of researchers has developed a water-activated disposable paper battery. The researchers suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use disposable electronics -- ...

A battery material can look impressive in a laboratory and still fail when turned ...

A drop of water is changing battery science. Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a simple tweak that could boost sodium-ion battery performance, by leaving water inside a key ...

Imagine a future where renewable energy storage is not just efficient but also sustainable, scalable, and ethical. This vision is what drives Charley Thomas, a fifth-year PhD student working on ...

New data standards would speed battery development. Back in the 1990s, researchers undertook the Human Genome Project, a 13-year journey designed to enable a new era of innovation in medicine. By ...

Lithium batteries power much of our modern lives, from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. But despite their widespread use, these batteries still suffer from internal degradation problems ...