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Italy's Alessandro Volta is largely credited with inventing the first modern battery in 1800. His voltaic pile was an electrochemical battery utilizing copper, zinc, and brine-soaked paper. The lessons he learned developing the battery laid...

You are doing a bit of research before buying your next round of batteries. You know you prefer USB rechargeable batteries, but you also want a brand that offers long life. Good for you. But...

The EPA says we can throw single-use batteries away. But should we? No. We should avoid them altogether. We should use rechargeable batteries instead.

Just about every American household has one, some have two. It is bigger in some houses than others, and some are fuller than others. Of course, we are referring to the Great American junk drawer.

Our hats are off to those who choose to live minimally. Whether you are new to minimalism, or you have been at it a while, do not forget that your choice of batteries matters.

  If there were one company we could point to as contributing significantly to the development of lithium-ion batteries, it would be Tesla. Even though Tesla's automotive batteries differ quite a bit from our own,...

Paleblue's lack of fondness for disposable alkaline batteries is no secret. One of our company's stated goals is to reduce alkaline battery usage as much as we can. We simply hate the idea of throwing...

As recently as 2013, tech writers and futurists were predicting a rise in USB power delivery that would be so widespread it would threaten the existence of the current AC system. What was being called...

Recently, we have been thinking a lot about USB power delivery as an alternative to the current AC system. Would it be possible to completely replace AC power delivery by converting everything to DC and...