Engineers have developed a new technology that enables the direct extraction of lithium from solid salt mixtures derived from ...

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The increasing demand for lithium to support electric vehicle production is placing a significant strain on global freshwater resources, especially in already arid regions like the Lithium Triangle. A ...

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Researchers are investigating the residual effects of lithium mining — and shedding light on the potential impacts of future mining operations.

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The push towards a green, battery-powered future comes with a major tradeoff. Student reporters from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University discovered that ...

Lithium sits at the center of the battery economy. Yet getting it out of rock still looks surprisingly crude. Spodumene, the ...

Increased lithium exposure in drinking groundwater was associated with a reduced risk for cancer, according to findings from a US study. The protective effect was observed across different cancer ...

When you think of lithium, you probably think of bipolar disorder, depression or other mental illness -- not great associations. But lithium is actually a naturally occurring element that’s found, in ...

A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA’s health reference level. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped for the first time ...