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Scientists build a battery you can power with your spit

By Research Advancement • Aug 9, 2017 • Research In The News•   

You’re stranded in the middle of nowhere, phone battery dead. Lacking all access to electricity or even solar power, you turn to your last resource — your own spit. That’s the dream of researchers at Binghamton University, who have developed a battery that can be powered by saliva, Popular Mechanics reports.

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