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Making a potential difference

To reduce our use of fossil fuels we will need cheap and safe batteries to run electric vehicles and store energy — magnesium batteries may be the answer.

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Figure 1: No longer just a concept car?

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Blomgren, G. Making a potential difference. Nature 407, 681–682 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35037687

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