LAFD: battery fires are surging — 45 per week — and the department wants UL‑style rules and more hazmat staff.

As lithium-ion batteries power more of our everyday tools, the Los Angeles Fire Department warns the batteries are also ...

Toray Industries has developed a piezoelectric polymer with heat resistance exceeding 200°C. The polyner’s flexibility and suitability for large-area mounting should bolster vibration detection and ...

Rice University develops copper-aluminum material that destroys PFAS forever chemicals 100 times faster than current filters ...

A team at Rice University has developed a new material for filtering per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Also known ...

Capacitive Deionisation (CDI) is an emerging water-purification technology that removes dissolved salts and charged ...

Swiss scientists develop safer and longer-lasting batteries, reducing explosions and tripling their useful life.

As the world races to electrify everything from cars to cities, the demand for high-performance, long-lasting batteries is ...

China has made advancements in thermal battery technology that can make this specific type of battery far more valuable. Here's what we know.

Favoring light emission instead of heat dissipation after light absorption.

Abilene-based Natura Resources, which won the first federal construction permit for a liquid-fueled molten-salt reactor in 2024, will work with NGL Water ...

Scientists may have found an unexpected way to break down “forever chemicals”—by borrowing chemistry from failing lithium-ion ...