lithium

The US is promoting a review of Nevada’s lithium mine over concerns about endangered wildflowers

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has taken a major step in its accelerated environmental review of what could become the third U.S. lithium mine, amid expected legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to a endangered Nevada wildflower. The Bureau of Land Management last week released more than 2,000 … Read more

New battery material that uses less lithium found in AI-powered search

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Microsoft announced Tuesday that a team of scientists used artificial intelligence and high-performance computing to plow through 32.6 million possible battery materials — many of which do not occur in nature — in 80 hours, a task the team previously estimated would take 20 years. have lasted. The results kick off an ambitious effort to … Read more