Today, lithium Ion batteries power much of what we use: electric cars, laptops and of course, our smartphones. Most don’t understand how they work or how to extend their life. KPBS Sci-tech reporter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a bid to make lithium-ion batteries safer, cleaner, and easier to recycle, scientists at the Institute of Science Tokyo have ...

The soaring popularity of electric vehicles is generating enormous numbers of spent lithium-ion batteries and pushing manufacturers to make new ones. Industry analysts predict that more than 10 ...

"With DRX you have the potential to make very inexpensive energy storage. At that point lithium-ion becomes unbeatable and can be used everywhere -- for vehicles, the grid -- and we can truly make ...

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have taken another step in the ongoing quest to bring next-generation sodium-ion batteries to market. They have achieved a higher-energy density in ...