Nearly 1.2 million uninsured Californians are eligible either for Covered California subsidies or low-cost or no-cost ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new approach could help solve the longstanding problem of dendrite formation, which has hampered the development of new solid-state lithium-ion batteries. As researchers push the boundaries of ...

New findings that improve predictions still fall short of giving humanity a head's up on the havoc a solar storm might wreak on Earth Much like a temperamental teenager, the sun has been acting up of ...

WASHINGTON – Government regulators are far from completing their investigation into a battery fire on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a top official says, saying the incident is a "very serious air safety ...