Quest to Mine Seawater for Lithium Advances

Researchers at Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency have come up with a new method of processing seawater to extract lithium - an element that plays a key role in advanced batteries for electric vehicles and one that, if current predictions for the EV market prove accurate, could be in short supply before the end of the decade.©2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (P)2015 Audible, Inc.