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The Battery Metal That Powers the World Has a Problem. MIT Thinks It's Found the Fix.
Posted in Business, Hardware, Science on 3rd Jun, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Glass etching cream, the kind sold in ordinary home improvement shops, also dissolves silica, using ammonium fluoride, a far milder compound. If it could etch glass at room temperature, could it eat through lithium-rich rock?
The EV Charging Problem Might Finally Be Solved
Posted in Hardware, Science on 4th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
One of the most stubborn objections to electric vehicles has always been the same: filling up a petrol tank takes two minutes; charging an EV takes forever. That argument is becoming increasingly hard to make.
Solid-state battery from US cell maker hits new milestone
Posted in Hardware, Science on 13th Jun, 2024
by Alex Muller
Factorial is ultimately aiming for vehicle ranges over 600 miles (966 km) per charge from a 90-kWh battery that drops around 30% in weight and size compared to a conventional lithium-ion pack. The FEST batteries are also designed to be produced using the same equipment used to produce lithium-ion batteries, with minimal changes.
PTN exclusive interview with "Nano-Diamond Battery" One of the most amazing and transformative energy startups we have ever seen.
Posted in Breakthrough Stories, Hardware, Interviews, Science on 20th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
By taking Radioisotopes, locking them into a sealed nanostructure, and transforming the radioactive decay into electrical energy, this amazing start-up is building an abundant power source for a very wide range of use cases.
Solar storage poised for multi-gigawatt growth in 2022, 2023
Posted in Business, Hardware on 1st May, 2022
by Alex Muller
More than 40 utility-scale solar-storage projects entered operations in the first three quarters of 2021, including batteries tied to existing and new solar farms that combined for nearly 1 GW of storage capacity.