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Lithium-Ion Battery Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Their work, over several decades, resulted in a portable power source that created a technology revolution.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Amanda Morris, associate professor of energy chemistry at Virginia Tech.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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