A NSW inquest has been told exploding lithium-ion batteries caused volatile fires killing three people in separate blazes ...

Researchers working at Cornell have made a breakthrough discovery that could spell the end of exploding batteries. Several years back, this was an especially big issue. And even back in 2022, we saw ...

The deaths of three people and countless fires caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries have prompted a coronial inquiry into how to reduce the risks.

Mid-air incidents involving batteries have been both rare and, apart from one catastrophe, relatively benign, according to a close look at FAA data. As the U.S. Department of Transportation proposes ...

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly exploding inside garbage trucks, endangering New York City's sanitation workers. The long, rectangular batteries used in e-bikes have become a fiery threat to ...

Lithium-ion batteries - used in everything from electric cars to smartphones - are catching fire on land and at sea. Why is it happening and... What's being done to solve the problem of exploding ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding “zombie batteries” are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke ...

At Sandia National Laboratories, scientist purposely crush, overheat, and salt batteries to see how much abuse they can take before exploding. The effort is all in the name of reducing the risk to ...

Original cell phone batteries are available for between $24.95 and $74.95 through Nokia’s U.S. e-commerce site, but many companies or individuals sell illegally manufactured batteries that are much ...