Startup Rock Zero is commercializing the research, which could cut costs and carbon emissions from lithium production.
While we make batteries based on many different chemistries, nothing has approached the massive scale at which we can produce ...
Lithium sits at the center of the battery economy. Yet getting it out of rock still looks surprisingly crude. Spodumene, the ...
A couple of weeks ago, an outbreak of hantavirus erupted aboard a cruise ship. Three people died, but the outbreak was kept ...
Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries increasingly power more of our world. And yet, even as places like the U.S., Europe, and Australia have abundant lithium ...
A breakthrough lithium-extraction method could help solve one of clean energy’s dirtiest problems. Researchers at Columbia ...
MIT researchers have developed a low-cost, eco-friendly method to extract lithium from hard rock using a closed-loop, acid-free process that minimizes environmental impact.
The multi-billion-dollar future of clean energy was unlocked by a trip to the hardware ...
Most gadgets rely on lithium-ion batteries, and scientists have come up with a better way of getting at lithium.
Texas lawmakers proposed a bill to allow private-sector lithium mining companies to work on certain military bases.