Highly reactive organometallic reagents, like organolithiums (molecules with a carbon–lithium bond) are essential reagents in ...

A research team led by Professor Jongsung Yu of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has successfully ...

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another ...

Lithium-ion batteries power the devices we rely on every day—but when misused, they can overheat, catch fire, or even explode ...

The rechargeable batteries that power common items like e-bikes, scooters and electric cars can pose a dangerous new threat to firefighters. They burn hotter and longer — and many fire departments may ...

A well-developed caesium-rich LCT-type pegmatite system, with all five channels returning elevated to high concentrations of caesium, tantalum, and lithium.

A team of Korean scientists has developed a separator technology that dramatically reduces the explosion risk of lithium ...

Now researchers say one of the most important lithium discoveries on Earth may be hiding in plain sight. Beneath remote desert hills along the Nevada and Oregon border, a long-dead volcano may contain ...

Video above: Fire department warns about charging batteries after two house firesLithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products, are under scrutiny again following a massive fire this ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Lithium-ion batteries are miraculous. They’re strong enough to run a vehicle, and they can be recharged at any outlet. Their commercial debut, in 1991, and ...

Here’s a thoroughly modern riddle: what links the battery in your smartphone with a dead yak floating down a Tibetan river? The answer is lithium – the reactive alkali metal that powers our phones, ...

One e-scooter with a lithium-ion battery: That’s all it took to burn down a home that had been in a Florida woman’s family for nearly 50 years. The same kind of gadget, and ones with similar batteries ...