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Lithium-ion batteries today are nearly ubiquitous, powering everything from cell phones to laptops. Small wonder, then, that scientists are continually trying to develop safer and more ...

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago are riding the lithium surge with their high-voltage innovation. Inspired by failures that make chemicals degrade in lithium-metal batteries, Chibueze ...