Learn what sodium-ion batteries are, how they compare to lithium-ion, and whether they could become the future of energy ...

Scientists have developed a prototype nuclear battery using radiocarbon that could power small devices for decades without ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

Electricity is simply the movement of electrons through a material. In the case of regular conductors, the electrons in the material move as individual entities, bumping into the atoms of the ...

Scientists have revealed a strange twister-like phenomenon in the quantum semimetal tantalum arsenide. The findings suggest that electrons move in swirling patterns that could reshape ideas in quantum ...

The international team has now been able to resolve the mystery of how the microbes use this process to generate energy. Their findings are also interesting for another reason: Since the ...

The owners of a container ship which crashed into another vessel in the North Sea on Monday have denied reports it had hazardous sodium cyanide on board. US tanker Stena Immaculate was anchored ...

In the aftermath of the crash there were fears it was carrying a combination of alcohol and 15 containers of sodium cyanide. However the Solong's owner, Ernst Russ, has confirmed the ship was not ...

It remains unclear whether there has been any leak of the chemical. "Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing and, whilst quite corrosive and toxic, it only becomes a serious problem when ...

However, it’s now been confirmed that there is no sodium cyanide on board. "There are four empty containers that have previously contained the hazardous chemical and these containers will ...

It was anchored when hit by the Portuguese-flagged Solong — carrying highly toxic sodium cyanide. The impact tore a hole in the Stena’s cargo tank. Jet fuel spilled into the sea, ignited then ...