Lyten is producing its 2024 National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA)-compliant lithium-sulfur battery cells in San Jose.

The answer, at first, is boring: it’s a simple no. But the reasons why you cannot are complex and varied ... nitrogen, oxygen, cobalt, and phosphorus. Or the mineral sphalerite, whose ...

One goal mentioned was increasing baseload power generation to help reduce electric bills for individuals and businesses as ...

Current lithium-ion batteries are nearing their theoretical capacity limits, driving the need for next-generation technologies like lithium-sulfur ... materials like cobalt and nickel, enabling ...

The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is growing fast, with their global sales rising 25% to reach 17.1 million in 2024, driven by government incentives and decarbonization efforts.  The EV market ...

The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how ...

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem ...

Lavender oil could help solve a problem in the energy transition. A team from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces has created a material from linalool, the main component of lavender ...

Oversupply and shifting battery chemistries are set to define the cobalt market in 2025. Prices -subdued by excess supply since 2023- are expected to remain stable, with limited volatility.

There are materials that can store even more lithium than silicon; a notable example is sulfur. But sulfur has a tendency to react with itself, producing ions that can float off into the electrolyte.

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to be 10–15 kilometers in diameter, struck the Yucatán Peninsula (in current-day Mexico), creating a 200-kilometer-wide ...