Next-gen batteries and 'dark oxygen'
Is it time to replace the little chemical factories in our pockets with something safer and more efficient? Also, the hunt for 鈥榙ark oxygen鈥 produced in the deep ocean.
Following a devastating fire at the world鈥檚 largest lithium-ion battery plant, Inside Science probes the present and future of a technology we rely on every day.
Lithium-ion batteries were a technological breakthrough, powering everything from mobile phones to electric vehicles, but as funding is poured into researching alternatives, are we on the verge of something safer, faster, and more efficient?
Also this week, we learn about the 鈥渄ark oxygen鈥 potentially being produced in the deep ocean and friend of Inside Science, Anjana Ahuja, brings us her favourite science stories of the week, including a new material described as 鈥榗hainmail on steroids鈥 and contagious urination.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton
Producers: Ella Hubber, Sophie Ormiston & Gerry Holt
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
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