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• Scientists build high-energy batteries using viruses
  Friday 7 April 2006 – 04:08
  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States have figured out a way to use viruses to build ultrathin lithium-ion batteries that pack three times the normal energy level for their weight and size, they said this week.
• Virgin Atlantic bans Apple and Dell laptop batteries
  Monday 18 September 2006 – 09:42
  Virgin Atlantic Airways says it will ban passengers from using Apple and Dell laptops running on battery power for all international flights.
• Matsushita readies safer lithium-ion batteries with high capacity
  Monday 18 December 2006 – 04:31
  Matsushita Electric Industrial today announced that one of its subsidiaries, Matsushita Battery Industrial (MBI) is now ready to mass produce a new type of lithium-ion battery, which incorporates new technology improving safety.
• Use the USB port to charge AA batteries
  Thursday 2 August 2007 – 10:26 in Consumer Electronics
  Chicago (IL) – Moixa Energy has developed rechargeable AA batteries with a twist: the batteries are recharged simply by plugging them into an USB port. The batteries, called USBCell, do not look different than a regular Ni-MH AA battery at first sight. H
• Acer recalls 27,000 notebook batteries
  Friday 27 April 2007 – 03:34
  Acer has joined the long list of computer manufacturers to announce a voluntary recall of Sony made lithium-ion notebook batteries. ...
• Rock promises none of its batteries will blow up
  Tuesday 5 September 2006 – 11:48
  You know an industry has reached rock bottom (ho-ho) when people have to say this.
• MIT developing carbon nanotube ultracapacitors to replace batteries
  Wednesday 8 March 2006 – 09:30
  Batteries provide power for most of our daily gadgets, but they are bulky and must be replaced often. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) are studying a new breed of "supercapacitors", which use carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Professors Joel Schindall and John Kassakian, along with Ph.D. candidate Riccardo Signorelli believe the unique properties of the CNTs could help make supercapacitors that could one day let us charge our laptops instantly.
• Gateway "believes" its notebook batteries are safe
  Friday 25 August 2006 – 01:58
  Gateway, the nation's third largest PC manufacturer, today said that it "believes" that its notebook batteries are not affected by problems that prompted Dell and Apple to recall a total of almost six million notebook batteries.
• Scientists double the capacity of rechargeable lithium batteries
  Wednesday 9 May 2007 – 01:44
  New research results presented today could bring companies such as Intel much closer to that goal of offering notebooks that achieve a battery running time of 8 hours and more. ...
• Scientists develop flexible paper batteries
  Wednesday 15 August 2007 – 10:55 in Business
  Troy (NY) - In a story which could easily be mistaken for science fiction, researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have developed an amazing new energy storage device. Designed to operate from -100F to over 300F, it looks like a s
• Nokia: Original batteries don't explode
  Wednesday 19 November 2003 – 11:48
  Looking to allay concerns over the safety of some of its cell phones, Nokia cited a study that showed that earlier research on its "exploding" phones was based on samples that included counterfeit batteries.
• Dell recalls suspect notebook batteries made by Sony, including XPS M1710
  Tuesday 15 August 2006 – 03:34
  An estimated 4.1 million Dell notebook computers sold worldwide are being voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, cooperating with the US Consumer Products Safety Commission, after admitting to having received six reports of notebooks spontaneously catching fire.
• Dell adopts NiMH batteries for notebooks; HP expected to follow suit
  Monday 12 July 2004 – 03:23
  Dell's decision to use NiMH (nickel metal hydride) batteries in its recently launched Inspiron 1000 notebooks reflects the vendor's new pricing strategy of lowering the unit costs for the notebooks, according to sources at Taiwanese notebook makers.
• Nokia batteries not safe either - Belgian watchdog
  Monday 10 November 2003 – 12:31
  The name Nokia seems to be synonymous with exploding phones these days.
• Apple recalls notebook batteries - again
  Friday 20 May 2005 – 06:12
  Apple has asked 128,000 notebook computer users to return their PowerBook or iBook batteries on the off-chance the components could overheat and catch figure.