More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids ... a chain reaction of uncontrolled heating that can lead to fire or an explosion. Opponents point to past ...

Fifteen East Carolina University students had to be relocated after a skateboard battery started a fire in a dorm room in Scott Residence Hall on Friday, ECU Police reported.

In fact, any of the electronic gadgets containing lithium-ion batteries such as cell phones, iPads and laptops that we carry on airplanes could cause such a fire. However, power banks pose a higher ...

Authorities say there has been an explosion at Harvard Medical School, but no one was injured. It appears to have been intentional. University police say an officer who responded to ...

Useful and efficient, or an antisocial nightmare? Britain is divided over the use of garden power tools during autumn ...

President Donald Trump will host Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House. That ...