A new Google Doodle is celebrating what would have been the 270th birthday of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, who in the year 1800 published a theory that led to the modern battery. As TIME ...

Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was born was born in Como, Lombardy, duchy of Milan, on 18 February 1745. His native house is still preserved in the historic center of Como, Via ...

As the world’s need for large amounts of portable energy grows at an ever-increasing pace, many innovators have sought to replace current battery technology with something better. Italian physicist ...

It's the 270th birthday of the inventor of the modern battery. — -- Happy birthday, Alessandro Volta! A geeky Google Doodle showing an animation of a battery honors one of the forefathers of ...

Italian physicist Alessandro Volta posed for this painting with two of his inventions on the table, the voltaic pile (left) and the electrophorus (right). __1800: __Italian physicist Alessandro Volta ...

Phil Edwards was a senior producer for the Vox video team. Alessandro Volta made Napoleon his lab buddy (he also got the volt named after him, which is almost as good.) The chemical battery was only ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Today’s Google homepage pays tribute to the inventor of the first electrical battery Alessandro Volta. The doodle marks Volta’s 270th birthday with an animated image of the world’s first electric ...

Though Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, several inventors paved the way for him. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Ferrari’s latest flagship, the F80, arrives in the next couple of years with a staggering 1200 hp output. That’s nearly two ...