A battery that lasts not weeks or months, but decades, may soon be more than just a dream. While rechargeable lithium-ion ...

Batteries produce energy and are seemingly simple. Recently, a coin-sized, radioactive battery was created and it could ...

suggesting it could one day serve as a substitute for conventional lithium batteries. These micronuclear power sources ...

So, In and his team members are developing nuclear batteries as an alternative to lithium. Nuclear batteries generate power by harnessing high-energy particles emitted by radioactive materials.

Tritium, a rare, radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is difficult and expensive to source. “Breeder” reactors seek to manufacture tritium by bombarding lithium with neutrons. Lithium atoms exist ...

Extracting lithium doesn’t solve the ongoing problem of what to do with the highly toxic wastewater produced by fracking, which contains salts, metals and radioactive elements. “There’s no ...