lithium
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Researchers Are Cracking Down on the Environmental Impact of Mining for EV Materials
New research could change the way we approach rare Earth mining, allowing for safer extraction with fewer environmental impacts.
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The U.S. Has A Battery Problem That Could Turn Into A National Security Threat
The transition to electric vehicles is going to require a lot of EV batteries, which the U.S. doesn’t currently have. Our lack of batteries and the raw materials needed to make them is just another reason why the gradual transition to EVs has been a little too gradual in the U.S., and experts claim this…
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A Rare Flower Is Screwing Up Plans for a Nevada Lithium Mine
Last week brought some good news for an at-risk desert flower. The Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it will propose listing the Tiehm’s buckwheat flower, a cute little puffball-style plant with yellow-orange petals, as an endangered species. But doing so could make it harder to mine lithium, a key metal for batteries needed to…
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Revealed: The Sun’s Secret Plan to Become a Lithium Factory
Lithium is used in everything from medication to mobile phone batteries, but where does it come from? We know it is mined here on Earth, but where it is created in the universe is less well understood. We studied hundreds of thousands of stars like our own Sun and found they produce huge amounts of…