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But the indications are that there's a real problem here, and this is one of the most likely places where we can say that the Standard Model of physics doesn't work. Physical Review Letters , 2016 ...

In an international first, researchers have succeeded in producing controlled strong interactions between two fermionic elements -- lithium-6 and potassium-40. This model system not only promises ...

Researchers carried out the first X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of a model electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries and may have found a pathway forward to improving LIBs for electric vehicles ...

And, with only three electrons per atom, lithium should behave like a model, simple metal. However, this research has shown that under pressure ranging between about 395,000 atmospheres ...