A South Korean court has handed a 15-year prison sentence to the boss of a lithium battery maker after a deadly fire last ...

Cheektowaga firefighters have received new equipment to help tackle battery fires in electric vehicles, the funding was ...

"This study provides a design strategy." Scientists make game-changing breakthrough that could transform electric vehicles: ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a safety alert on Tuesday warning of the risk of uncontrollable fires associated with lithium batteries. Spare lithium batteries are generally ...

A fire that broke out Thursday evening in a Cambridge apartment displaced four residents and caused an estimated $600,000 in damage, state fire officials said. The blaze, reported around 5 p.m. at 314 ...

Lithium-sulfur batteries have exceptional theoretical capacity and performance in combination with an element in abundant supply. But the intricate reaction mechanism, particularly during discharge, ...

An innovative method for trapping lithium ions has led to a promising technology for extracting precious lithium isotopes—a ...

Measuring water availability for lithium extraction can still be unpredictable, especially in the high-altitude Lithium Triangle in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. Current models can overestimate how ...

One of the biggest obstacles on the road to the low-carbon energy future is caused by the rare-earth element lithium, a ...

ADELPHI, Md. -- Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its ...

(Reuters Health) - Lithium from batteries that power smartphones, tablets and electric cars may contaminate tap water, a Korean study suggests. Drinking water can contain a little lithium because the ...

For the first time a lithium-ion battery has been developed that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers ...