Coffee brewers blend multiple bean varieties to provide caffeine lovers their daily energy boost. Scientists also work with blends to energize modern society.
Jeff Chamberlain dishes on the next generation of batteries, why new inventions take so long to get to market, and clean room suits for dogs (they exist!).
As 2015 draws to a close, we’re looking back at just a few of the many cool stories that came out of research conducted by Argonne scientists and engineers this year.
CalBattery plans to move forward rapidly in the commercial scale-up and production of this breakthrough novel composite anode material, which tests show triples the energy capacity of the state-of-the-art graphite anode.
The technology is in the battery cell that is powering General Motors Company’s Chevrolet Volt, the first mass-produced plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The Volt has an EPA estimated range of 35 miles on a full charge.