Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Korean researchers have extended lithium metal anodes' lifespan by 750 percent using water, marking a major breakthrough in ...

Siddarth Kara's bestseller, "Cobalt Red: How the Blood of Congo Powers Our Lives," focuses on problems surrounding the sourcing of cobalt, a critical component of lithium-ion batteries that power many ...

We've gotten pretty good at making batteries that hold a lot of power. Unfortunately, we've been less good at making ones that don't eventually corrode, catch fire, or poison the ground they end up in ...

The increasing demand for lithium to support electric vehicle production is placing a significant strain on global freshwater resources, especially in already arid regions like the Lithium Triangle. A ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Fire and Rescue is unveiling its new “water lance” tool in an effort to minimize the toxicity released in the water and the air from lithium-ion battery fires from ...

Everything from computers to power tools now contain lithium batteries and that has created a sometimes explosive situation for waste haulers. Ames Resource Recovery Plant assistant superintendent ...

Chicago and New York are different worlds, from hot dog condiments to hot dog excrement on the sidewalks. New York uses the wrong kind on the former and has too much of the latter. But the laws of ...

Forever chemicals and lithium production are two of the worst blights on the environment, but scientists may have found a way ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Firefighters in York County were forced to submerge a hybrid electric car in a giant water tank after lithium-ion batteries inside the vehicle would not be extinguished, according ...