{"id":202390,"date":"2024-12-25T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/engineers-develop-ultra-fast-charging-battery-that-could-lead-to-futuristic-aircraft-a-major-breakthrough"},"modified":"2024-12-25T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T21:26:18","slug":"engineers-develop-ultra-fast-charging-battery-that-could-lead-to-futuristic-aircraft-a-major-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/engineers-develop-ultra-fast-charging-battery-that-could-lead-to-futuristic-aircraft-a-major-breakthrough","title":{"rendered":"Engineers develop ultra-fast charging battery that could lead to futuristic aircraft: \u2018A major breakthrough\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z9FwTUNWMA4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Australia\u2019s Monash University are using a common medicine cabinet antiseptic in unique battery chemistry that could soon power drones and other electric aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/news\/articles\/electric-aircraft-on-the-horizon-as-monash-commercialises-rapid-charge-lithium-sulfur-battery-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to a school news release.<\/p>\n<p>The team is tapping <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/drugs\/20355-povidone-iodine-topical-formulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Betadine<\/a>, a common brand name for a topical medication used to treat cuts and other wounds, in research garnering surprising results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 We found a way to accelerate the charge and discharge rates, making them a viable battery option for real-world heavy-duty use,\u201d paper first author and doctoral student Maleesha Nishshanke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/news\/articles\/electric-aircraft-on-the-horizon-as-monash-commercialises-rapid-charge-lithium-sulfur-battery-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Australia\u2019s Monash University are using a common medicine cabinet antiseptic in unique battery chemistry that could soon power drones and other electric aircraft, according to a school news release. The team is tapping Betadine, a common brand name for a topical medication used to treat cuts and other wounds, in research garnering surprising [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-drones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}