The race to electrify everything from smartphones to pickup trucks has collided with a startling geological twist: some of the world’s most coveted battery metal appears to be locked inside an ancient ...

This historic mountain, the Albemarle Kings Mountain, has also come under global spotlight due to the 14,000,000 tonnes of ...

Silicon Valley startup Lilac Solutions has a method to get lithium for batteries that’s cheaper, easier on the environment and less water-intensive than mining: it plans to pull it from the Great Salt ...

New research suggests that Arkansas may be home to upwards of 19 million tons of lithium reserves, which would give the United States an opportunity to lead in the electric vehicle industry. The ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In a world full of electronics, batteries have become an indispensable part of our day-to-day lives. From fitness trackers like Fitbit to ...

Freshwater essential to lithium mining is running low in the world’s “Lithium Triangle,” a mineral-rich region in the Andean Plateau that stretches across parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile and ...

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from our vape pens to electric cars, but they have one glaring issue: they rely on lots of hard-to-harvest lithium. A new reactor from Rice University is set to ...

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too great. Patrick Donnelly and Naomi Fraga in a salt flat on the edge of Ash ...

Dr. Adam Cawood, a Southwest Research Institute geoscientist shown conducting field studies, is working with professors from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to discover new domestic sources ...

Recent research published in Science introduces a promising solid electrolyte material that could improve the performance of ...