Maryland is already famous for its crabs — but researchers at the University of Maryland have aimed to give that distinction an entirely different meaning. A team of scientists at the school’s ...

BRIDGEWATER – Two residents and their cat were rescued from an apartment fire Tuesday caused by a Lithium-ion battery. Township firefighters and police responded around 7:39 a.m. to the blaze on ...

Lithium ion battery fires are extremely toxic and very difficult to put out. But, if you drive a Tesla or other EV, know that your batteries are 10x less likely to catch fire than in international ...

2024 — Taking flight can be stressful -- especially for a lithium-ion battery that powers a drone. Too much strain on these cells causes damage and shortens a device's overall lifespan.

"Sodium is a much more sustainable source for batteries [than lithium]," says James Quinn, chief executive of Faradion, the UK-based battery technology company that manufactures the sodium-ion ...

The vigilance by airlines about keeping the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 off planes may seem excessive ... New standards for lithium-ion battery air transport were released by the International ...

It took only sixty-three days for Tesla to build a 100MW lithium-ion battery, the largest in the world, capable of kicking in as the state’s backup power source within less than a second.

Toshiba says that the new cell will allow the vehicle to drive further on a single charge, and for this high range battery, the charge time is also less than a standard lithium-ion battery.

In June, four people were killed and two others seriously injured after a lithium-ion battery ... recorded 7 in the same time period. These fires can also cause significant property damage. In 2022, ...