Element3 secures funding to launch US lithium extraction from oil & gas wastewater, offering a faster, cleaner alternative to mining.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

For communities with a low rate of depression and suicide, there may be something in the water, according to a new study. A comprehensive analysis of findings from previous studies has revealed that ...

For every additional microgram per liter of lithium in the water supply, the suicide rate dropped by 0.27 per 100,000 people per year. Lithium ions are incredibly useful. Perhaps the two most famous ...

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 ...

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 ...