"Since batteries with lithium or sodium metal rely on these textures for favored rate capability ... could lead to a big breakthrough in future energy storage." More information: Minghao Zhang ...

However, the impact of metal texture has largely been overlooked in ... with lithium considered as an ultimate anode material for future high-energy rechargeable batteries. There is a gap in ...

we predict that sodium metal prefers to have texture for fast atomic diffusion,” Zhang said. “This means that using sodium as the battery’s anode in all-solid-state batteries could lead to a big ...

But Apple hardly owns the futuristic metal market. Below, some of our favorite innovative metal objects and alloys. Inflatable metal chair, anyone? Designed by architect Oskar Zieta and materials ...

We can now add Cynic's Carbon-Based Anatomy to that list; it's a 23-minute vignette from the fusion-minded metal band that grounds six interlaced tracks in futuristic guitar wizardry and textures ...

When I got guitarist and vocalist Paul Masvidal on the phone, he called it "classically Cynic," meaning a dynamic roller coaster that hints at the alien guitar work of 1993's iconic jazz-metal ...