When the businesses stopped operating, the materials remained, and something had to happen to them. The organizations illegally dumped them nearby. Now, after a court ruling, they are paying $3 ...

The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way.

Battery material manufacturer ACT-ion Battery Technologies, Inc. (Dallas) announced it has signed a lease for a new facility at 1200 Tappan Circle in ...

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) emerge as a key option for next-generation electrochemical energy storage, thanks to abundant sodium resources, ...

A new recycling method recovers metals from old battery cathodes and coats them onto new ones in one step, cutting costs, health risks, and environmental impact. (Nanowerk News) Battery cathodes – the ...

A new battery recycling method developed by Illinois Grainger engineers removes scarce, expensive metals from old battery cathodes and coats them onto new cathodes in a single step. The result is ...

The rise of electric vehicles is a critical part of the move away from fossil fuels and the "greening" of transport. However, it isn't without its environmental challenges, one of the major issues ...

Lithium is a key factor in the EV battery supply chain dominated by China. The discovery in Germany could reduce Europe's reliance on Beijing for lithium refining and battery-grade materials and ...

A new technique stabilizes a metastable form of sodium solid electrolyte, enabling all-solid-state sodium batteries to maintain performance even at subzero temperatures. All-solid-state batteries are ...

A paper from the laboratories of Meng and Ong, published recently in Joule, helps rectify that problem. Their research raises the benchmark for sodium-based all-solid-state batteries, demonstrating ...