For decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But lithium’s limited supply and ...

A few years ago, a group of physicists created an unusual, never-before-seen subatomic particle. Using a particle accelerator at Riken, a Japanese research institute, they slammed streams of calcium ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Most of today's batteries are made up of rare lithium mined from the mountains of South America. If the world depletes this source, then battery production could stagnate.

Sodium, ubiquitous on Earth in living organisms, oceans and minerals — all the way to table salt — may seem like one of the more ordinary elements. Margit S. Müller highlights why we, like the ...

Sodium carbonate or soda (Na 2 CO 3) was the most popular sodium compound in ancient times. Soda was called as natron by the Egyptians and later, the Romans used a similar name for it, natrium which ...

In recent years, the popularity of sodium-ion batteries has suddenly risen. Chinese companies such as Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), Gotion Hi-Tech, EVE Energy and BYD are all engaging in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University researchers are working to make your gadgets and gizmos run more efficiently. They’re using sodium carbonate, which is really similar to the table salt we use every ...

Half a century ago, the battery of the future was built out of sodium. The reason has to do with why the seas are salty. Sodium is a light element that ionizes easily, giving up one of its electrons.