UCLA scientists have developed a modern version of Thomas Edison’s nickel-iron battery that can recharge in seconds and survive more than 12,000 charge-discharge cycles, a performance leap that could ...

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Through the looking glass: A century after Thomas Edison's early experiments with nickel-iron batteries, researchers at UCLA and their international collaborators have revived the concept using modern ...

Researchers are going back to Thomas Edison's old nickel-iron battery design more than 100 years later to make a new, high-performance way to store energy. A group from the University of California, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story... In 1901, Thomas Edison patented a nickel-iron battery, which didn’t initially catch on. An international research team recently reinvented Edison’s ...

The famed inventor's nickel-iron idea isn't suited for EVs, but it could help solar farms and data centers. By Andrew Paul Published Feb 11, 2026 12:05 PM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) ...