Category: Lithium Battery

Nobel Prize Winner and Co-Creator of the Lithium Battery Dies at 100

John B. Goodenough, whose contributions led to the development of lithium-ion batteries which made many of today’s portable electronic devices possible, has died. Goodenough died on Sunday at the age of 100, according to a June 26 press release from the University of Texas at Austin where he served as a faculty member for 37 years….


Officials: New York Fire Caused by Lithium Battery Injures 38

NEW YORK—More than three dozen people were injured, two critically, in a fire at a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan caused by a faulty battery, fire officials said. The blaze broke out Saturday morning in the 37-story building known as the Rivercourt on East 52nd Street, near the East River. Videos posted online showed people hanging…