For decades, scientists believed lithium might be hiding in Mercury’s ultra-thin atmosphere, or exosphere, but every attempt to find it came up empty. Now, in a groundbreaking study, researchers have ...

A massive lithium find in California's Salton Sea region could help boost domestic supplies of the mineral, which plays a critical role in production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The Salton Sea ...

Demand for lithium is surging, as the world transitions to renewable energy and adopts new technologies. Lithium-ion ...

Starting just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, a vast underground deposit of lithium stretches south for 25 miles. A key component of rechargeable batteries and energy grid storage systems, the soft ...

Lithium metal, a soft solid, that can be cut with a knife, is far too reactive to be found in its natural (metallic) form. This is because it belongs to the Group 1 element (alkali metals) on the ...

Duke researchers found no evidence of impacts to domestic well water from legacy, or historic, lithium mining in North Carolina. Used in products like rechargeable batteries, lithium is a silvery ...

Lilac Solutions is pioneering a new type of lithium extraction that could double US production in two years and shake up the industry. BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah – On a bright afternoon in August, the ...

Lithium is in lieu of some good press. Why, you ask? Because, after decades of relentless research, a promising discovery has brought new hope, and it comes from an unexpected source: lithium.