Scrap metal, one of the Philadelphia area’s biggest shipping products, has been piling up in area scrapyards since June 4 when Camden officials closed EMR USA Holdings Inc.’s metal-shredding ...

Since the first lithium-ion battery was commercially produced by Sony in 1991, the demand has grown exponentially – from portable electronic devices to power tools, to electric vehicles and more, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lithium-ion battery after explosing inside a home. A home in Groton caught on fire after lithium-ion batteries exploded on ...

What really happens when you drop a lithium-ion battery into water? Is it going to explode, catch fire, or just fizzle out? In this video, I put lithium-ion and lithium metal batteries to the ...

Massachusetts fire departments reported a record 22 lithium-ion battery fires in September.

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Lithium-ion battery fires are occurring at a higher rate across the US, according to a federal government study, showing an increase by 10-percent, year-over-year, for the ...

Despite being a known issue for literal years, garbage trucks keep going up in flames due to people improperly disposing of lithium-ion batteries. Back in late May, a garbage truck caught fire in ...

To create the images, two batteries were heated to 250 degrees Celsius (around 482 degrees Fahrenheit) and observed what happened using a thermal camera and a powerful synchrotron X-ray. The object ...

It was time for a family photo at a recent holiday gathering in Flat Rock when a young person whipped out a portable lithium-ion battery with a solar panel as their parent's phone showed low battery.

A home in Groton caught on fire after lithium-ion batteries exploded on Thursday.