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A student accidentally invented a battery that dies after '4 centuries'

Accidents happen all the time. Most of them come with bad effects and consequences. This time things are different and kinda random. Since what you read at the headline of this post is actually true:

A student accidentally invented a battery that dies after '4 centuries'


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Mya, a science student, made a breakthrough to a whole walk of fame by making a new battery that lasts for 400 years. Yes! 400 straight years!

At one of University of California's labs, Mya and her team of fellow scientists were focusing on designing better nanowires for normal rechargeable batteries. Luckily enough, Mya made a mistake look alike and discovered a battery that lasts forever in the human lifespan terms.

Mya, as a scientist and a student, was doing her part in the lab. She used gold nano-wires to have the current stored by instead of having lithium. After that, it was noticed that the batteries were charged more efficiently. They had the ability to be charged 400 times better. Meaning that they can last for 400 years. Something we would never imagine to have in these days!

The 'cute' mistake

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Instead of lithium, Mya and the team used gold nano-wires to store current, and they later found out that their system is able to far outlast traditional lithium battery construction. The Irvine team’s system cycled through 200,000 recharges without significant corrosion or decline.