Posts Tagged ‘lithium’
To let graphene boost batteries, add boron
RICE (US) — Calculations show that a graphene/boron anode should be able to hold lots of lithium and perform at the right voltage for use in lithium-ion batteries. Continue…
Friday, May 17, 2013 8:54 - 1 Comment
Top Stories - Mar 7, 2013 6:47 - 2 Comments
Dendrite sprouts short out lithium batteries
PURDUE (US) — Scientists are working on a method to test and predict how dendrites grow and cause lithium-ion batteries to short circuit. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 8, 2013 16:48 - 1 Comment
Crystal power could shrink X-ray scanners
U. MISSOURI (US) — A compact source of radiation about the size of a stick of gum could one day be used to create inexpensive portable X-ray scanners. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 11, 2012 17:42 - 0 Comments
Plant extract works as cathode for batteries
RICE (US) — Researchers say a plant extract can be turned into a highly effective, natural cathode for lithium-ion batteries. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 2, 2011 11:44 - 0 Comments
Can’t get any smaller: Battery in a nanowire
RICE U. (US) — Researchers have packed a lithium ion battery into a single nanowire, creating what may be the smallest possible version of such energy storage devices. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 20, 2010 16:24 - 1 Comment
Lithium guidelines made easy
U. LEEDS (UK) — Serious side effects linked to lithium therapy can be avoided if patients are given clear guidance on taking the medicine. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2010 9:20 - 1 Comment
Lithium could be gold mine for Afghanistan
TEXAS A&M (US)—Afghanistan has mineral deposits that could potentially turn it from being one of the poorest countries on Earth to one of the richest. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 7, 2010 16:43 - 8 Comments
Pulling the plug on hybrid myths
U. CHICAGO—What’s the real deal with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles? Vehicle systems engineer Forrest Jehlik from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory would like to dispel some commonly held myths. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 30, 2009 11:35 - 6 Comments
Race to replace gas with green batteries
U. CHICAGO (US)—Researchers are exploring the promise of lithium-air battery technology as an environmentally sound way to fuel the world’s ever-growing transportation needs. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 27, 2009 13:02 - 0 Comments
At extremes, hot and cold act oddly alike
DUKE (US)—Observations suggest the superhot world shares similarities with the ultracold—a special kind of superfluidity where substances seem to move so effortlessly that nothing can stop them. Now theoretical physicists are using complicated mathematical tools to explain why. (more…)
