The field of battery research is riddled with roadblocks and bottlenecks, but there is one problem that rears its head more than most. Branch-like growths called dendrites continue to plague next-gen ...

Lithium-ion batteries produce faint sounds as they charge, discharge, and degrade. But until now, nobody could interpret ...

MIT researchers reinvent how batteries work, in a development that could lead to energy-dense batteries for electric vehicles and power grid storage. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

In search of new batteries utilizing alternatives that will go beyond the famed Lithium-ion ones present, Lamborghini has licensed the latest development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Harnessing the force of gravity, researchers at MIT have designed a new liquid battery that functions similarly to an hourglass. The gravity-powered battery is groundbreaking in its simplicity, ...

Could this air-breathing battery help solve energy storage woes? 10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers developed a battery capable of storing electricity for months for around one ...

MIT engineers have made a significant breakthrough with the development of a tiny zinc-air microbattery, measuring just 0.1 millimetres in length and 0.002 millimetres thick, about the width of a ...

A company that was spun out from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a new type of battery that it says can last twice as long as normal smartphone or laptop batteries. The MIT ...