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Of all of lithium's uses, however, the one with the most profound implications for the future - the application that has already affected the lives of billions of cell-phone-, laptop-, and iPod-using people, and the one that stands to change the way we drive and to transform the way we use energy - is in batteries.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The keynote speech for the reception will highlight analysis on lithium's critical role in the future of the energy and commodity industries.
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U.S. taxpayers too have a major stake in lithium's success.
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The downside to lithium's immune-stimulating activity is that it can also set off autoimmune reactions in susceptible individuals.
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Scientists have long recognized lithium's promise as the stuff of superior batteries - it's highly electropositive, which means that it readily discharges ions, and as the lightest of metals, it enables lightweight gadgets that pack a lot of power.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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Scientists have long recognized lithium's promise as the stuff of superior batteries - it's highly electropositive, which means that it readily discharges ions, and as the lightest of metals, it enables lightweight gadgets that pack a lot of power.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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Cold lithium's ratio is less than 0.5, and the quark-gluon soup is in the neighborhood of 0.2.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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Scientists have long recognized lithium's promise as the stuff of superior batteries - it's highly electropositive, which means that it readily discharges ions, and as the lightest of metals, it enables lightweight gadgets that pack a lot of power.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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In mice that underwent radiation therapy, the researchers found that lithium's promotion of DNA repair protected nerves in the brain's hippocampus.
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For years, scientists thought that what was holding back lithium's discharge rate was the speed of lithium ions as they migrated through the battery.
IEEE Spectrum 2009
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