I’ve been writing about smoke detectors for a few years. That often involves researching fire statistics, so when I see something like the fact that the death rate from a fire is 60 percent lower in ...

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries offer high energy density and fast charging capabilities, but they’re also highly sensitive to thermal runaway. This happens when a battery cell overheats uncontrollably ...

How can a police department respond to guns being fired in its city when no one reports 80% of gunshots? Facing that dilemma, Utica police rely on audio monitors that alert officers to gunfire, a ...

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs in the United States after federal safety regulators identified a software defect that can disable rearview cameras and ...