How do we learn to remember? At the most fundamental level, it's all about chemicals and electricity. Beyond their roles in ...

Researchers use cryo-EM to reveal how the NMDA receptor's Asn cage filters calcium from magnesium to drive learning and ...

The presence of ions affects the structure and dynamics of water on a multitude of length and time scales. New results show that the water environment of specific pairs of magnesium and sulfate ions ...

Tokyo University of Science is researching magnesium as a potential energy carrier to replace expensive and unsafe lithium-ion batteries. The research team focused on a novel cathode material with a ...

As the global demand for safer, more sustainable and cost-effective energy storage grows, research is rapidly moving beyond ...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed a quasi-solid-state magnesium-ion battery with a voltage plateau at 2.4 V and an energy density of 264 Wh/kg. It surpasses the ...

Scientists demonstrate a metal -- organic framework-based magnesium ion conductor showing superionic conductivity even at room temperature. The development of highly efficient energy storage devices ...

A new cathode material leverages a rock-salt structure for enhanced magnesium diffusion at a lower temperature. The high-entropy strategy employed creates a crystal structure abundant in stable cation ...

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have developed a new electrolyte material that improves the conductivity of magnesium ions at room temperature, paving the way for the next step in ...

Most people know they should eat well. Fewer people know that a single mineral, quietly working behind the scenes, could be ...

Scientists in Japan have developed a novel metal-organic, framework-based magnesium ion conductor with superionic conductivity, even at room temperature. Mg 2+ has poor solid-state conductivity ...