SciShow
Can You Make A Computer Out Of Food?
Could an edible computer be in your future? Researchers are currently working on several of the components you find in them, from batteries to circuit boards to logic gates.
SciShow
Why Haven't We Built a Better Battery?
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
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The Future of 3D Printing
What do nanobots, better water filtration, and space colonization have in common? They're all being made possible by advances in 3D Printing!
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5 Ways to Use Your Body as a Charger
Devices that collect data about our bodies need power, but they also might need to be very small or even ingestible. To avoid including batteries in these cases, researchers are looking for ways to harvest energy from the body itself.
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How Do I Make My Batteries Last Longer?
Do you wait to charge your phones battery until it's close to dying? If you do- surprise! You're doing it wrong.
SciShow
Batteries: A Big Idea That Turned on the World
Even though they power many of our modern conveniences, batteries have a long history. Hank explains how and why these marvels work and what they've been used for over the past 2,000 years!
SciShow
Get Charged Up for the Gigafactory
Hank shares the latest ambitious project from SpaceX and Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk: The Gigafactory. Learn more about how batteries work, what the big deal is about lithium, and why people are getting so charged up. See what we did...
SciShow
Why Are Smartphone Batteries Combusting
Why did some of Samsung's Galaxy Note7 phones explode? And what can Tardigrades teach us about protecting our DNA?
SciShow
Why Haven't We Built a Better Battery?
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
SciShow
Hydrogen: The Savior of the Shipping Industry
Huge container ships relying on fossil fuels transport all kinds of goods across the ocean, creating a huge climate change impact. But there's a better way to power this transport using, of all things, water.
SciShow
How to Make a Lemon Battery
Hank shows us another SciShow: Experiment! This time he's tackling what may be the most cliche, well-known and misunderstood experiment of all time: the lemon battery. The take home message in this one is: the electricity is NOT in the...
Curated Video
Electrolyte
A substance that when molten or dissolved in solution, releases free ions that make it electrically conductive A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
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Electrolytic cell
An electrolytic cell is a system that breaks down chemical compounds by electrolysis. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science...
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Citrus Fruit Battery
We use lemons and strips of zinc and copper to make a battery. First, strips of copper and zinc are added to one lemon and they are connected across a voltmeter. This is repeated, this time with more lemons and metal plates, until a...
Curated Video
GCSE Chemistry - Electrolysis Part 1 - Basics and Molten Compounds #40
This video covers: - What electrolysis is - The equipment of electrolysis and how it should be set up - An example of electrolysis with a molten compound
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GCSE Chemistry - Electrolysis P2 - Electrolysis to Extract Metals From Oxides - Explained #41
This video covers: - How to extract reactive metals from their oxides using electrolysis - Recap of extracting unreactive metals with 'reduction by carbon' - The specific example of extracting aluminium from aluminium oxide - Writing...
Science Buddies
Make a Battery with Coins | Science Experiment
Make a battery with pennies, nickels, salt, and vinegar in this fun science experiment! This type of battery is also called a voltaic pile. You can use a multimeter to measure the voltage and current produced by your battery, and even...
Science Buddies
Salt Water Battery Science Project
Learn how to make a working battery with salt water and how you can use it for a science experiment! A kit with the parts for this project is available here: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/potato-battery-science-kit/?aff=SB1....
Curated Video
Electrolysis of Molten Iron Compounds: Understanding the Process and Real-Life Examples
The video explains the process of electrolysis of molten iron compounds. It discusses what electrolysis is and how it works, with a focus on the movement and reaction of ions at each electrode. The video also explains the concept of an...
Curated Video
Does Discharging Battery Completely Before Recharging It Again Improves Battery Life?
It may seem counterintuitive, but draining the battery to 0 to 1% before recharging it again, is not a good practice. One simple hack to improve your battery life (for Li-ion batteries) is to use the 80:20 rule. Charge your battery to...
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Electroplating and Corrosion Prevention: A Guide
The video is a tutorial on electroplating, where a speaker explains what it is, how to do it, and its applications. The speaker outlines the components required for electroplating and explains how the process works. They also describe...
Curated Video
What's inside a car battery
In this video, we're going to take a look inside a car battery. We'll learn what's inside and how it works, and we'll also see some of the purposes car batteries serve.
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How Lead Acid Batteries Work
In this video, we're going to learn about lead acid batteries and how they work. We'll cover the basics of lead acid batteries, including their composition and how they work.
Curated Video
Can We Really Build Cars That Run Only On Water?
While it is certainly enticing when a company or individual claims that they have developed technology that can power cars purely on the water when it comes to science, there is a fundamental restriction to this very idea. Simply put,...