(Nanowerk News) As the quest for sustainable and high-density energy storage solutions advances, multivalent-ion batteries are emerging as promising alternatives to traditional lithium-ion batteries.

Protein solutions exhibit a rich spectrum of phase behaviours that underpin a variety of biological and technological processes. Research in this area focuses on how ionic environments—comprising mono ...

Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has helped a group of scientists identify five new materials that could power the next wave of batteries without relying on lithium. The study, published on ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed a quasi-solid-state magnesium-ion battery with a voltage plateau at 2.4 V and an energy density of 264 Wh/kg. It surpasses the ...

Electrowetting enables ion infiltration and capacitance boost. Applied bias triggers electrowetting, allowing electrolyte to penetrate nanopores that remain closed under neutral conditions. This ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to identify substitutes for lithium-ion batteries, which have been questioned regarding their resource availability and sustainability? This is what a ...

Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable ...

The phone in your pocket and the electric car on your street likely run on lithium-ion batteries. These power packs truly changed our world. They made our gadgets portable and our vehicles cleaner.

A group of scientists under the direction of Professor Dennis Y.C. Leung of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed a high-performance ...

Researchers have pushed sodium-ion battery charging speeds into territory once reserved for lithium-ion cells, demonstrating ...