The King of Random demonstrates four explosive reactions of sodium in water. Kaitlan Collins shares details on why FBI Deputy ...

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...

23Na MAS NMR spectra of sodium–oxygen (Na–O2) cathodes reveals a combination of degradation species: newly observed sodium fluoride (NaF) and the expected sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), as well as the ...

Metals can be used as fuels, just like oil, gas, or hydrogen, because they release energy through burning or electrochemical reactions. Light metals like ...

A new sodium–air fuel cell triples lithium battery energy density and could enable electric planes. It’s safer, carbon-negative, and built from cheap, abundant materials — with a startup already ...

Sodium reacts with oxygen and water to produce NaOH, which liquefies and drips off the cathode. After the reactions consume the liquid sodium, you would simply swap out the fuel cell or its fuel ...

Sodium atoms pass through a solid ceramic electrolyte barrier to react with oxygen at a porous electrode on the air side. This chemical reaction generates electricity and, in prototype tests, produced ...

In this sodium fuel cell, one side contains sodium and the other contains ordinary air, which provides oxygen atoms. Dividing the two is a layer of solid ceramic material that serves as the ...

Liquid sodium metal fills the tube on one side, and air flows through the other, providing the oxygen for the electrochemical reaction at the center, which ends up gradually consuming the sodium fuel.

Liquid sodium metal fills the tube on one side, and air flows through the other, providing the oxygen for the electrochemical reaction at the center, which ends up gradually consuming the sodium fuel.

A newly discovered way for oxygen to form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of exoplanets could help guide scientists' search for alien life.