Scientists get €1m in mobile phone battery life research project

Irish and American scientists are to receive more than €1m to research new ways to improve the battery life of mobile phones and other portable devices.

Researchers at the Tyndall National Institute in University College Cork, Dublin City University, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Texas in Dallas are to collaborate on the three-year project which aims to reduce power consumption in mobile devices.

Researchers will also explore new materials in the miniaturisation of transistors which are essential to all portable devices.