Using century-old minerals processing methods, chemical engineering students have found a solution to a looming 21st-century problem: how to economically recycle lithium ion batteries. Lei P... Read more
Although rechargeable batteries in smartphones, cars and tablets can be charged again and again, they don’t last forever. Old batteries often wind up in landfills or incinerators, pote... Read more
Proposal could divert a dangerous waste stream while producing low-cost photovoltaics This could be a classic win-win solution: A system proposed by researchers at MIT recycles materials fro... Read more