A team of Cornell University researchers have discovered a new application of the element indium to improve the efficiency of lithium batteries — a fundamental component of electric vehicles. Although ...

The long-term supply of key elements in many hi-tech devices is under threat, but is there really a disaster on the horizon? Richard Stevenson investigates All systems go In January 2018, an ...

These elements are traded in small quantities. Nevertheless, there is expected growth in demand for these elements proportional to the growth of technology. The elements are Lithium, Cobalt, Germanium ...

The supply of indium for the production of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS) thin-film solar cells and modules in Europe could be provided exclusively by an EU supply chain and would not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The American Chemical Society and UK chemistry teacher Andy ...

Behnam Akhavan receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Have you ever imagined your smart phone or tablet without a touch screen? This could soon be the case if we run out of ...

SINCE the last report on the results of the massspectrograph (NATURE, September 22) the work with that instrument has been very disappointing. Owing partly to the capricious behaviour of the apparatus ...