Many of us gained our first appreciation for chemistry upon witnessing a high school teacher drop a chunk of sodium into a beakerful of water. You may think you know the explanation behind the ...

A high school friend once related the story about how his father, a chemist for an environmental waste concern, disposed of a problematic quantity of metallic sodium by dumping it into one of the more ...

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science showed that sodium-ion batteries with hard carbon anodes can charge faster than lithium-ion batteries by using a diluted electrode method that reveals sodium ...

It’s fun to watch chemistry labs explode on video, but you know what’s even more fun? Watching a chemistry experiment in action, with a good explanation of what’s going on. That’s science at its most ...

Electric vehicles are colliding with a hard reality: lithium is expensive, supply chains are fragile, and safety concerns still unsettle buyers. A new generation of solid-state sodium-ion batteries ...

As the world moves toward cleaner energy and electric technologies, better batteries are becoming more important than ever. Batteries power everything from phones and laptops to electric vehicles and ...

With the world’s reserves of light oil diminishing, oil companies are increasingly turning to heavier varieties – which make up 70% of global oil reserves – to meet rising energy demands. Existing ...

Everyday baking powders and sodas, though similar, possess distinct chemical reactions crucial for baked goods' texture and ...

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are emerging as a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries, thanks to sodium’s abundance and low cost, but their true charging speed remains uncertain due to ...