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The low millivolt-to-sub-volt operating levels of the Bristol team's pump further enhance its suitability for integration with compact batteries and wearable electronics.
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New Atlas, 12 June 2026
This change results in a reaction that requires 400 millivolts less voltage than standard water splitting and creates a valuable co-product called formate.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
The few systems that are not compatible include proprietary and high-voltage systems, millivolt heaters, microcontroller systems that lack a C-wire and solid-fuel systems.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
At rest, neurons keep their insides more negatively charged than their outside environment, maintaining a resting membrane voltage of about −70 millivolts.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
This places a fundamental limit of 60 millivolts for each ten-fold increase in the drain current (60 mV/decade).
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2020
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New Atlas, 12 June 2026
This change results in a reaction that requires 400 millivolts less voltage than standard water splitting and creates a valuable co-product called formate.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
The few systems that are not compatible include proprietary and high-voltage systems, millivolt heaters, microcontroller systems that lack a C-wire and solid-fuel systems.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
At rest, neurons keep their insides more negatively charged than their outside environment, maintaining a resting membrane voltage of about −70 millivolts.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
This places a fundamental limit of 60 millivolts for each ten-fold increase in the drain current (60 mV/decade).
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2020
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“Millivolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millivolt. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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millivolt
noun
mil·li·volt
-ˌvōlt 
: one thousandth of a volt
—abbreviation mV
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