A cheaper, safer, and more abundant alternative to lithium is finally making its way into cars—and the grid. For decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

Sodium-ion batteries, once sidelined by falling lithium prices, are back in focus. This time, the shift appears to be driven by changing market conditions and renewed interest from customers.

What if the future of energy storage didn’t rely on expensive, hard-to-source materials like lithium? In the video below, Ziroth breaks down how CATL’s reinforced sodium-ion battery could redefine the ...

Professor Paul McGonigal. Credit: Thomas Player, University of Oxford. Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to a ...

Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to a steep decrease in ionic conductivity. Now, scientists have synthesized ...

D-Orbit sent two ION satellite carriers into orbit Nov. 28, 2025, on the SpaceX Transporter-15 rideshare. Credit: D-Orbit SAN FRANCISCO – Italy’s D-Orbit sent satellites and hosted payloads into orbit ...

American battery startup Peak Energy and energy developer Jupiter Power have teamed up to deploy grid-scale sodium-ion batteries. It's a big step forward for the nascent—and in some ways, ...

Burlingame, California-based Peak Energy just scored a huge win for sodium-ion batteries. The company announced a multi-year deal with utility-scale battery storage developer Jupiter Power to supply ...

Quantinuum has unveiled a third-generation quantum computer that could be easier to scale up than rival approaches. The US- and UK-based company Quantinuum today unveiled Helios, its third-generation ...

Ion exchange chromatography (IEX) is a versatile and widely used technique for separating biomolecules based on charge. It plays a critical role in protein purification in research and ...

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) added ~17% in the premarket on Tuesday after the company announced that its RNA-targeted therapy olezarsen succeeded in two late-stage trials for severe ...

On a special episode (first released on July 14, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Many of today’s gadgets are powered by lithium-ion batteries, but that could be changing. Shirley Meng, a University of ...