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WSU researchers turn battery research on its head

June 3, 2012/

To anyone frustrated by the maddeningly short time their cellphone battery holds a charge, help is on the way.

Washington State University materials engineering professor Grant Norton is leading a team that could triple the life of the lithium-ion batteries commonly used in consumer electronics. And strangely enough, it involves tiny tin "whiskers," and something akin to a shave.

By JOEL MILLS — Lewiston Tribune

Full Story: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/06/03/2141474/wsu-researchers-turn-battery-research.html

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