This week in batteries (TWiB)

Over the years, one question that keeps popping up is why I decided to work for a National Lab, as opposed to a university or industry.  My first answer to this question, which is “because John Travolta once told me that without a job, residence or legal...

I've been told that my blog posts are very long.  I have been known to retort that no one reads anything anymore.  After a few years of going back and forth on this I have come to the conclusion that if you can't best them, join them.
Research (an euphemism for "made up") suggests that the human brain can't take more than 140 characters.  So here goes.  A summary of batteries in a dozen bite-sized tweets:...

Last week a person I know wanted to learn more about batteries.  I was a bit surprised that this person was not already leaning on, what I consider, the ultimate resource for all things batteries: TWiB.
Upon further reflection and some much-needed soothing of my bruised ego, I have had an epiphany.  After more than 50 posts and 42,000 words*, covering topics ranging from potato batteries, to the rules that govern batteries, to the state of the battery...

I have always known that the SF Bay Area was a bubble, but since moving to Chicagoland, and going about the mundane things in life, this has become very clear. I’m not talking about the perfect-temperature-summer-or-winter and always-sunny weather bubble...