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Zinc battery breakthrough

Sydney researchers say common element could dramatically reduce battery costs and improve storage.

The zinc battery. Image courtesy of University of Sydney.

Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in Earth's crust, and if the batteries develop as researchers expect they could become much cheaper to produce than lithium-ion batteries and more efficient as they...

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