Time keeper: NIST’s Sam Brewer with a chip that is used to trap aluminium ions. (Courtesy: Hamish Johnston) By confining single ions of aluminium and magnesium in an electric trap, cooling them to ...

Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has announced that aluminum-ion batteries can charge 60 times faster than conventional lithium-ion batteries. GMG, based in Brisbane, Australia, recently announced a ...

The environmentally friendly and high-safety aluminum-ion batteries have attracted much interest, but the extensive use of expensive electrolyte, strong moisture sensitivity, and severe corrosion of ...

Within just 150 years, aluminum has gone from precious metal to the backbone of nearly every industry on the planet. Because of its importance, experts forecast that aluminum production will increase ...

Aluminum has recently attracted plenty of attention among energy storage researchers, as a potential key material for a “next generation” of battery technologies with capabilities beyond those of ...

Aluminum toxicity is a major challenge in agriculture, especially in acidic soils with pH levels below 5.5. Soluble aluminum ions (Al³⁺) can rapidly damage plant roots, hindering nutrient uptake and ...

Dental fillings could soon last longer thanks to a new study of how the movement and bonding of aluminium ions affects the toughness of a popular type of dental cement. The research was done by an ...

There’s a classic irony with new technology, that adopters are forced to limit themselves to two of the three things everyone wants: fast, cheap, and good. When the tech is batteries, adoption is even ...

The switch is due to a single pigment whose hue depends on its chemical structure. Aluminium ions from the soil bind to the pigment, changing its colour. Having few or no aluminium ions gives pink ...