A long-standing idea of why lithium ion batteries die focuses on lithium movement into the cathode. Instead, hydrogen may be to blame.
Exposing the hidden movements of mercury through the environment can help reduce human exposure.
Lithium is an essential ingredient for batteries in electric vehicles but getting enough will become a problem.
Low voltages generated minerals that help bind the sand into erosion-resistant rock, offering hope for shorelines ravaged by waves.
Using a laser and an electron beam, the microscope can snap images of moving electrons every 625 quintillionths of a second.
An analysis of a university collection found that the vibrant pigments coating some Victorian-era tomes exceed exposure limits for the heavy metal.
The shards contain nine metals that the famous astronomer may have used, including one not formally identified until 180 years after his death.
PFAS, which are found in common products such as cosmetics, food packaging and waterproof gear, have been linked to health problems.
Scientists made the known element 116 with a beam of titanium atoms, a technique that could be used to make the undiscovered element 120.
