Lithium-ion batteries have long dominated the market as the go-to power source for electric vehicles. They are also increasingly being considered for storage of renewable energy to be used on the ...

Unlike traditional lithium-ion batteries, which depend on scarce metals like lithium and cobalt, sodium-ion batteries use sodium, an element that’s way easier to source. That means less destructive ...

Installation of an Ion-X thruster for testing in a vacuum chamber. Credit: Cyril Fresillon C2N Ion-X CNRS Images SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million ...

A thorough analysis of market, technological, and supply chain outcomes for sodium-ion batteries finds that significant advances are needed before commercialization. Legions of battery engineers and ...

What is Focused Ion Beam Milling? Focused ion beam (FIB) milling is a nanofabrication technique that uses a focused beam of ions to precisely mill, etch, or deposit materials at the nanoscale. It ...

Click to open image viewer. Hot-filament ion sources for the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron, l. to r. by object ID no.; 1977.0359.10 graphite cyl., 11 graphite cyl., 14 graphite cyl., 15 copper cyl.

Click to open image viewer. Ion source "cones" for cyclotron (back row, from left: -.11, -.35, -.10; middle row, from left: -.03, -.07, -.16.1; front row, from left ...

The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), one of China's major scientific and technological infrastructure projects, successfully completed commissioning with beam on October 28, ...