Mar
9
2010
BBC News - Nanometre 'fuses' for high-performance batteries

SCIENCE!

Their nanotube bundles carry, gram for gram, up to 100 times as much energy as a standard lithium-ion battery.

Since just a tiny amount of energy is needed to start the reaction before it becomes self-sustaining, Dr Strano says it could be initiated in a small device with the energy in the push of a finger.

And unlike standard batteries, the stored energy would not leak away over time, and requires none of the toxic, non-renewable metals in many batteries.”

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Feb
21
2010
Photo of the day

Unearthing the splendour of Ur in Iraq - Telegraph
With picture of what an unearthed temple of Ur might look like.  Suck it, Jacob.

Unearthing the splendour of Ur in Iraq - Telegraph

With picture of what an unearthed temple of Ur might look like.  Suck it, Jacob.

Tags : Ur iraq bbc