Battery breakthrough could cut recharging to seconds

Iain Thomson
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MIT researchers reinvent lithium technology

Scientists have created a battery that can be fully charged in 20 seconds Scientists at MIT have developed a new design for lithium batteries that could cut recharge times down to seconds. Tr...

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