Scientists build a battery you can power with your spit
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. Read more
Origami ninja star inspires battery design
A new disposable fuel cell developed at Binghamton could power biosensors and other small devices for use in challenging field conditions. Read more
Grad student aims to better understand batteries
Doctoral student Shawn Sallis will spend this school year on a prestigious fellowship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he’ll work with a tool that produces a beam a billion times brighter the sun. Read more
Binghamton engineer creates origami battery
Inexpensive paper batteries could one day power biosensors for use in remote locations. Read more
Building better batteries
The NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage, based at Binghamton, conducts basic research in the design of next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Watch video
