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BYD's sodium battery could wipe out the last big case against renewables
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (416+ words) A new You Tube video argues that very low-cost sodium-ion batteries could undercut a major remaining argument against solar and wind." Creator The Electric Viking (@electricviking) suggests the grid debate could change quickly if solar power becomes cheap enough to…...
DARPA wants to turn radioactive waste into drone batteries
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (345+ words) Nuclear waste is not useless after all " it could keep drones flying for 30 years Scientists working with a United States defense programme are developing compact nuclear batteries intended to supply electricity continuously for several decades. The effort revolves around radioisotope…...
UPower 1. 91. 3 Fixes Behavior To Avoid Degrading Your Laptop Battery Faster
11+ hour, 8+ min ago (190+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals UPower 1. 91. 3 Fixes Behavior To Avoid Degrading Your Laptop Battery Faster Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the site…...
Google Pixel Charging Diagnostics Rollout: Confirmation of Availability
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (246+ words) A new diagnostic tool for Google Pixel devices, "Charging diagnostics," appears to have begun rolling out in early July 2026. It is being deployed as part of the "Ask Pixel" feature, the Gemini-integrated troubleshooting tool that was launched at the same…...
The geopolitics of energy storage: Who will control the batteries of the Middle East?
13+ hour, 51+ min ago (479+ words) July 3, 2026 at 5: 13 pm Crude oil tanker, Amjad, which was one of two Saudi tankers on May 13, 2019 [KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images This shift has implications that extend far beyond engineering. Just as oil storage facilities once became essential elements…...
New PTFE-Free Battery Tech Could Boost EV Charging and Range
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (484+ words) Researchers from the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) and the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) have developed what they describe as Korea's first PTFE-free dry battery anode manufacturing technology. Their findings, published in the journal Energy Storage Materials, could…...
Scientists discover simpler way to make rare silicon that could boost future batteries
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UCLA 3 D Prints Zinc-Ion Battery With Seven Times More Energy - 3 DPrint. com | Additive Manufacturing Business
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (342+ words) From left to right, co-corresponding author Maher El-Kady, first author Sophia Uemura and co-corresponding author Ric Kaner. Image courtesy of Julia Hu and Hai Co Tiet. Just days after researchers at the California Institute of Technology unveiled a 3 D printed…...
Energy Storage, Data Centres, and Cybersecurity: Insights from Fluence at Smarter E Europe - News and Statistics
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (922+ words) Index Box Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories. Fluence's Lars Stephan on BESS, Data Centres, and Cybersecurity at Smarter E Europe 2026 Lars Stephan, EMEA director of marketing, policy and public affairs for system integrator Fluence, discussed energy storage,…...
C&I energy storage deployments in India to exceed 31 GWh by 2032
19+ hour, 8+ min ago (314+ words) India's C&I energy storage market is not just growing; it's accelerating toward a new era. With forward-thinking state policies and rising corporate demand, storage is becoming a strategic tool for resilience and decarbonization, not just backup. The momentum we're…...