Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute ...

How can a drug be released or activated exactly where and when it is needed in the body? For many treatments, particularly in cancer therapy, the active compound should ideally act only at a specific ...

Lithium is geologically less abundant and more geographically concentrated than sodium, which has raised concerns around long-term cost volatility and availability as battery storage demand scales. 2 ...

Austrian company Accupower, headquartered in Graz, has developed Natec Home, a storage system based on sodium-ion technology, designed for integration in residential photovoltaic installations, ...

A common element found in table salt may hold the key to powering China’s next wave of electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Cars featuring a sodium-ion battery, an emerging technology, are slated to go on ...

Sodium-ion batteries are entering the mass market as a cheaper and more abundant alternative to lithium for electric vehicles. The global electric vehicle industry is beginning to move beyond its ...

A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of ...

Sodium‑ion batteries (SIBs) are increasingly framed as a sustainable alternative to lithium‑ion (Li‑ion) storage, particularly as global lithium demand is expected to exceed supply by 2028, according ...

The electric vehicle (EV) industry ended 2025 with a major shift. Sodium-ion batteries, long viewed as a secondary technology, have now become a serious contender in the EV battery race. Two major ...