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Student accidentally creates rechargeable battery that lasts 400 years
Lab accident leads to the discovery of a battery that can be used for hundreds of years Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have discovered a way to design a battery so it doesn’t lose its charge after years of use. The team found that by using a gold nanowire in electrolyte gel rather than lithium, a battery could withstand 200,000 charging cycles and only lose 5% of its capacity.
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What's the catch? Why is this not bigger news? If this is true it's the biggest discovery in the past 50 years or so. I'll bet it's just another "cancer cure" story.
Lets hope not! This is big news and I would like to believe it's true. I guess we will wait and see.