A good working definition of short-circuiting something is “to force the termination of a process before its conclusion by bypassing one or more steps.” Short-circuiting also usually blows up the ...

Dendrites – thin conductive filaments that form inside lithium batteries – reduce the life of these cells and are often responsible for them catching fire. Scientists working at the Pacific Northwest ...

WASHINGTON - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as "thermal runaway," in which an increase ...

DENVER (KDVR) — School district officials are warning students against a social media trend directing them to short-circuit their school-issued laptops after multiple fires were reported in recent ...

Isoginkgetin has been identified as a general inhibitor of pre-mRNA splicing using an in vivo screening assay. This and related inhibitors will not only be useful as tools to decipher the roles of the ...

Trench-based silicon carbide power MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors) represent a dramatic improvement in the Figure of Merit (FOM) values of power conversion switching ...

This column was written byTrudy Lieberman. If ever there was a motherhood-and-apple-pie issue, reauthorizing the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) is it. Yet the Bush ...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as "thermal runaway," in which an increase in ...

Investigators still dissecting charred insides of battery in search for answers to fire issue Washington: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence ...