Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage are moving toward the mainstream. Wider use of these batteries could lead to lower costs, less fire risk, and less need for lithium ...

Consumer Reports is calling for the removal of Lunchables from school trays across the country after discovering concerning levels of lead and sodium and a potentially harmful chemical in their ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a sodium battery that uses cheap, abundant materials as its building blocks and drastically lowers the technology’s fire risk. Mechanical ...

Unlike other battery materials, sodium is cheap and abundant, and the chemistry has the potential to reduce fire risks in EVs, experts have said. Sign up here. The first production under the ...

(KATV) — A fire at a Tyson Foods Plant in Berryville ... The chemical that caused the burns has been identified as sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda. The chemical is commonly used ...