BATTERY CHEMISTRY

Battery sizes in phones keep getting bigger, but Vivo just jumped way ahead. A tipster shared on Weibo in early 2026 that the company is testing a phone packing a 10, 000mAh battery—the biggest yet in a smartphone that still fits in your pocket. Most phones max out around 5, 000mAh, so this is a hug

A new study shows how changing the space inside a special material can help store more magnesium ions. The material is made of niobium and sulfur atoms arranged in a quasi‑one‑dimensional pattern. By adding large organic ions called BMPyrr⁺, the layers of this material open up. This opening lets mag