Learn how to make a simple lemon battery and use it as an emergency phone charger in this hands-on science experiment. Watch ...

You probably know that simply tossing dead batteries in the trash is no bueno – they release toxic heavy metals as they break ...

An innovative solution to creating more environmentally friendly batteries has been demonstrated by a team of researchers at ...

Using a few ingredients from around the house, you can turn a lemon into a battery. Materials STEP 2: Place the nickel into one of the slits and the penny into the other. STEP 3: Cut the wire into two ...

An eco-friendly battery made from lemon-like acids, gelatin, and biodegradable metals may soon power the next generation of wearables and medical implants.

Researchers at McGill University have developed a stretchable, biodegradable battery inspired by lemon-powered science projects, offering improved voltage and extended cell life.

Researchers with McGill's Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design have developed a stretchable, ...

To give the battery its stretchable quality, the researchers mixed the acids into gelatin, a natural, biodegradable material.