When your cell phone falls in the water, you don't necessarily need to start shopping for a replacement right away. If you quickly dry out the phone and its battery, the device may survive the ...

What to do with batteries and electronics when they fail is fueling one of the biggest problems in the waste management industry. Lithium-ion batteries power more and more of our electronics and they ...

So we've all heard stories of certain mobile phone batteries exploding, and to no surprise, it has raised some alarm. Some of the recent incidents have occurred in airplanes while in flight. And while ...

Lithium-ion batteries, also referred to as Li-ion batteries, are used to power devices commonly used in the business environment, such as digital cameras, digital recorders and cell phones. When not ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2006-- With California state law now prohibiting residents from throwing away cell phones and common batteries in the regular trash, Verizon Wireless ...

Under pressure from United Nations and European Union agreements and directives, the recycling infrastructure for cell phones is growing in Western Europe. In an article in its house publication ...

Imagine a cell phone that doesn’t need batteries. No more chargers, cables and phones that go dead just when you need them. It may sound like science fiction but a team of researchers at the ...