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Stanford's nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones

Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to increase the storage capacity of Lithium ion batteries by 10. A laptop that nows runs for two hours on battery could run a stunning 20 hours.

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