Fix It Homestead on MSN

The battery choice that makes alarms more reliable in winter outages

When the power fails on a subzero night, your alarms are only as trustworthy as the batteries hiding behind their plastic ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Is leaving chargers plugged in 24/7 a fire risk? Here’s the real answer

Phone chargers, laptop bricks and power banks now live in wall outlets the way clocks once did, humming along in the ...
IEEE

Detection and Localization of Early Internal Short Circuits in Battery Packs Using Hybrid Machine Learning

Abstract: Detection and localization of early internal short circuits (ISCs) in battery packs are critical for mitigating safety risks, including thermal runaway (TR). To address this issue, this ...
IEEE

A Robust Approach to Internal Short Circuit Detection in Lithium-Ion Batteries with a Mechanistic Model for Cylindrical Cells

Abstract: To guarantee the safety of electric vehicles (EVs), it is crucial to gain a comprehensive understanding of internal short circuits (ISC) and to develop effective early detection methods ...
Study Finds

Cell-Sized Robots Can Sense, Decide, And Move Without Outside Control

Cell-sized robots can sense temperature, make decisions, and move autonomously using nanowatts of power—no external control ...