There is a version of the plug-in hybrid that exists in the popular imagination as a sensible compromise. You get the ...

South Korean researchers have unveiled a new lithium-metal battery technology that could push electric ...

Lithium-ion batteries power nearly everything we use today—smartphones, laptops, tablets, toothbrushes, and even electric cars. These rechargeable tools have revolutionized modern life, but they often ...

Saltwater is a particular problem for lithium-ion batteries because salt dissolved in water is conductive, which means that electric current readily flows through it. According to one tally, 11 ...

Corn may not be as humble as we once thought. Long seen as a basic staple of meals and rural agriculture, corn is now showing surprising potential in cutting-edge technology. Researchers at Washington ...

The world is electrifying quickly. That’s good news for the climate. But electrification has an uncomfortable flaw: We have not built the systems needed to responsibly manage the lithium-ion batteries ...

Sodium-ion batteries offer multiple advantages over their lithium-ion cousins. Energy storage, however, isn't one of them. That might be set to change thanks to a new method of creating the batteries ...

Scientists at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) at Tohoku University in Japan ...

The technology promises better cold-weather performance, lower costs, and fewer global trade problems.