Thursday, March 29, 2007
Batteries to Run on Sugar
Researchers at Saint Louis University think that sugar could be a big part of any power solution. Instead of using messy and unpleasant chemicals, they built battery cells that run on pretty much any type of sugar and that will run up to three or four times longer than lithium-ion batteries. Rumor has it that programmers around the world are waiting for the word to pour cola into their laptops.
