The search for a better battery: Government funding and venture capital won't buy us better batteries anytime soon [Spectral Lines]

Despite the appearance of rapid technological advances, the specter of stagnation looms over the world's innovators. Low-hanging fruit is nowhere to be seen in fields as crucial as digital electronics, biomedical devices, or space technology. Nothing illustrates the looming problem of stagnation more dramatically than the quest for a superbattery.