Do you own a smartphone, laptop, tablet, wireless headphones, gaming controllers, electric scooter, or cordless power tools? If you own or give any of these during the holidays, you are also giving a ...

A plane fire that sent 8 people to the hospital shows why airlines are taking battery safety so seriously A battery caught ...

You're cruising at 35,000 feet when a lithium-ion battery in the cargo hold below decides to have a very bad day. These innocent-looking power sources contain highly flammable electrolytes that, when ...

There are a lot of items that you are no longer allowed to carry onto an airplane. It's a fair point: an airplane is a metal ...

Virgin Australia and Qantas will ban the use of portable power banks from next month following a string of international ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Do you have lithium-ion batteries in your home? Those batteries are in many of our home products like computers and smart phones, and they can be a fire hazard if not stored ...

A Rumpke truck driver had to empty the contents of the truck onto the parking lot of the Oxford Community Park. The cause was determined to be fireworks improperly placed in curbside trash, according ...

The centerpiece of any electric car is the battery, both in terms of innovation and hazard. However, batteries can sometimes go up in flames, and the risks of them catching fire in closed spaces only ...

A flash fire at Taiwan Cement's lithium battery subsidiary Molicel threatens to derail the company's pivot away from traditional cement operations, highlighting risks as Asian manufacturers rush into ...

If you haven't flown since last Thanksgiving, the rules are different in 2025, from IDs to new restrictions on what can be in ...