Humanity is going to need a lot of lithium batteries if electric cars are going to take over, and thats a problem when theres only so much lithium available from conventional mines. There may be an oddball solution for that, however: turn the worlds oceans into eco-friendly mines. Scientists have outlined a desalination technique that would use metal-organic frameworks (sponge-like structures with very high surface areas) with sub-nanometer pores to catch lithium ions while purif……Read more