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Researchers have developed new technology to detect dangerous gas leaks in lithium-ion batteries With lithium-ion batteries powering everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, safety has become ...

We've become increasingly reliant on lithium-ion batteries. In their various shapes and sizes, they can power everything from smartphones to EVs and have proven invaluable for their capacity to charge ...

China's battery manufacturing giant Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has hit a major milestone by becoming the first company to meet the country's new 'No Fire, No Explosion' national safety ...

Solvent-free transfer printing enables uniform alumina–gold dual-layer coatings on lithium metal, overcoming interfacial and process limitations of conventional methods. A research team in South Korea ...

China has moved from incremental tweaks to a sweeping reset of electric vehicle safety, mandating that traction batteries must not catch fire or explode even in severe crashes or abuse. The new rules, ...

According to the National Fire Protection Association, local U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1.35 million fires in 2021 — an average of every 23 seconds. These fires resulted in 3,800 ...