The lithium atoms are first cooled down to near absolute zero using lasers. They are trapped in an optical lattice but given enough time to turn into a localized wave packet.

And government records show, in 2020, Silver Peak pumped more than four billion gallons of salty, lithium-rich groundwater, plus hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater to extract lithium.

April 14, 1932 was a day that transformed subatomic physics forever as a lithium atom was split using a proton beam. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about the first accelerator-based physics experiment ...

From a fortnight’s press flurry of hazy ideas and inaccurate terms concerning something that had happened to the atom at Cambridge, England, this much could be clarified last week: Dr. J. D ...

Lithium Americas, the company that funded the research that identified the deposit, says it expects to begin mining at the site in 2026. But it still isn’t clear how easy that will be.

The experiment consisted of measuring radioactive decay in beryllium, which decayed into lithium. As it does so, an electron in a single atom combines with a proton, producing a neutron, resulting ...

Interaction energies of an offset Li atom inside the C N fullerenes (N = 20, 28, 32, 36, 44, 50, 60, 80, and 120) with respect to the radial offset distance η from the center of the fullerenes. Image ...

Heat and explosions from rechargeable lithium-ion batteries can cause intense, fast-spreading fires that are difficult to extinguish with water, New York's fire department warns.

Here's what to know about lithium-ion batteries, the dangers they pose and how to stay safe. "They're very temperamental," said Neil Caputo, director of Westchester County Fire Services Division ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year made it clear: There’s lithium in El Paso’s water supply. EPA data published this spring identified small amounts of naturally ...