Scientists from China have developed a new way to recycle lithium batteries that is a triple win for the planet. It not only ...

Lithium-ion batteries contain nickel, cobalt, and lithium – valuable resources that play a major role in powering electric vehicles. Mining has been the typical method for obtaining these metals, but ...

But soon, prices crashed back down to earth. We saw lower-than-expected demand for EVs in the US, and developers ramped up mining and processing to meet demand. Through late 2024 and 2025, lithium ...

Europe, China and the US will all struggle to produce enough lithium domestically to satisfy the demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, a new study has suggested. Researchers from East China ...

Chinese researchers have found a method to extract lithium from used lithium-ion batteries using ...

Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used to be put in soda for hangovers, and it saved the lives of the Apollo 13 ...

Demand for lithium is skyrocketing as factories across the world churn out electric vehicles and the massive batteries that make wind turbines and solar panels reliable sources of energy.

Conventional lithium extraction requires several complex steps, as well as the use of acid and high temperatures, over the course of several hours. Researchers at Penn State have developed a new ...

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