Chinese researchers have developed the country’s first nuclear battery using carbon-14, a weakly radioactive isotope of carbon. The battery generates electricity through radioactive decay and is designed to function without recharging for decades.


'100 years of life': China builds nuclear battery that could last over a century

Mars exploration has taken a significant leap forward with the development of a new self-charging battery designed to power future missions. This innovative technology, capable of recharging itself using Martian environmental factors like sunlight and temperature changes, could enhance the sustainability of long-term missions. The battery's ability to provide continuous energy without frequent replacements offers greater efficiency for rovers, landers, and future human explorers on the Red Planet. This breakthrough is expected to play a key role in advancing scientific exploration and potential human settlement on Mars.

Mars Exploration Gets A Boost With New Self-Charging Battery Technology

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has achieved a significant milestone by securing USD 513 million in financing for what will become Arizona's largest standalone battery storage project.

Arizona’s largest battery storage project secures USD 513 million finance

Shortly after securing three golden gramophones at the 66th Grammys Premiere Ceremony, rapper Killer Mike found himself entangled in an altercation outside the Crypto.

Rapper Killer Mike charged with misdemeanour battery for altercation outside Grammys

In a significant breakthrough, Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have utilised artificial intelligence and supercomputing to discover a new material that could dramatically reduce lithium use in batteries by up to 70%. This discovery, potentially revolutionising the battery industry, was achieved by narrowing down from 32 million inorganic materials to 18 candidates in just a week, a process that could have taken over 20 years traditionally.

Gravitas | Artificial Intelligence discovers material to cut Lithium use

Ford and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached a tentative deal to end a nearly six-week strike, which includes a record pay rise.

Auto workers strike: Ford and union agree record pay rise in tentative deal

Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a Chinese company which is the world's largest battery maker, is saying that it has launched first-ever "superfast charging" battery.

Chinese company makes car battery offering 400 km range with just 10-minute charging

Tata Group, the owner of Jaguar Land Rover, is set to unveil its plans for a prominent electric car battery factory in Somerset, UK, in a significant boost to the country's automotive industry.

Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata to build UK battery factory, creating 9,000 new jobs

Reports say that Uber is surging prices based on the phone battery percentage of a customer. Is Uber stealing customers' personal data? Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: Is Uber spying on your battery percentage?

The move toward electric vehicles in the U.S. automotive industry has brought increased attention to the sector’s reliance on Chinese technology. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh and WION reports, a planned Ford battery plant is drawing congressional scrutiny.

WION-VOA Co-Production: Ford battery plant using Chinese tech raises alarms in congress

Do you wish to experience hellscape? No, not your usual life but a real one. If you harbour such superhero aspirations then go to Venus. Earth's other neighbour.

You will melt on Venus, but this battery won't

A United Airlines flight 2664 cabin caught fire from a laptop battery, post which the Newark-bound plane was forced to land back in San Diego on Tuesday. Four people have been rushed to the hospital after the incident, as per officials quoted by media outlets.

Four hospitalised after United Airlines flight cabin catches fire from laptop battery

The initiative taken by major companies to shift from Petrol based cars and manufacture electric cars but what if that shifting to battery-powered vehicles is still harming our environment. Watch this report to know more.

WION Climate Tracker: Lithium batteries reveal dark side of our electric fortune

Apple is facing another multi-million-pound lawsuit to reimburse millions of iPhone users for deliberately slowing down the performance of older iPhones in 2017 to force customers into buying newer models of iPhones, reported The Guardian.

Claim for $935 million against Apple launched over alleging battery ‘throttling’

Four Electric Vehicles(EVs) emitted smoke and eventually went up in flames over the last four days in India, thus raising alarm over the safety of these E-scooters.

Explained: What causes sudden fires in Electric vehicles and how it can be prevented

Japan’s Suzuki Motor said on Sunday that it is looking to build a new factory in Gujarat, India which will be producing electric vehicles (EV) and batteries. The aim for the company is to have the facility running by 2026 as they are looking to change their strategy for the green mobility market.

Suzuki to invest $1.3bn in India to make EVs and batteries

At a landfill in southern Gaza, mounds of discarded batteries pile up, rusting cells that pose a growing health risk to Palestinians in the enclave. Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, has only one power plant that runs on diesel. Fuel deliveries are unreliable, largely due to the blockade. The plant was also bombed by Israeli fighter jets during a 2006 conflict with Hamas.

Mounds of old batteries threaten health of Gaza residents

Having informed his parents of having ingested a 5-cm-long battery and the parents' decision of seeking immediate medical help has saved the life of a 4-year-old.

Doctors save life of boy who ingested AA battery without surgery

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Union Budget speech said that the government will introduce a new policy for battery swapping. This is being done to encourage the use of electric vehicles.

Budget 2022: India to introduce a new policy to promote battery swapping

French carmaker Renault said on Monday, it had sealed partnerships with China's Envision AESC and France's Verkor to produce electric car batteries in northern France.

Renault seals electric car battery deals with Envision, Verkor

Tech companies keep upgrading their products, sometimes at an alarming pace. One such company is the famous Apple. It keeps pushing out new models of the iPhone every single year but the customers are not able to keep up as not everyone wants to buy a new phone every year unless they are forced to.

Did Apple force users to buy new iPhones?

You may no longer need to charge your smartphone thrice a day, err, years! NDB, a company based in California has developed a self-charging battery which could last for an eternity, or at least 28,000 years on a single charge.

This battery powered by nuclear waste could run anything for 28,000 years!

The EU's powerful anti-trust authority on Monday approved billions of euros in subsidies from seven member states as Europe seeks to make up lost ground in the highly strategic sector of electric batteries.

European Union permits state aid to develop electric battery giants

Scientists from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the US have developed a new process for creating advanced supercapacitors.

You could soon charge your smartphone in seconds

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