A seven-year-old boy has died after swallowing a button battery while on holiday in Portugal. The family - from Payerne, Switzerland - had been spending the winter break in the…
A toddler is fighting for his life after he swallowed a battery, which exploded inside him, burning his oesophagus, say medics in Mexico. Little Dylan Alejandro, aged two, swallowed the…
Japanese boffins have created part insect part machine cyborg cockroaches capable of tackling jobs ranging from monitoring hazardous areas to environmental protection. The project led by researchers at the RIKEN…
What is apparently the world's smallest battery, which is the size of a grain of salt and which can be used to power surgical implants and micro-robots, has been developed…
An Omani doctor has been praised for helping to develop new stem cell technology that helped to save a child who swallowed a battery and was rushed to hospital as…
A five-year-old boy has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy after chewing on a battery he was playing with at home. According to local media, the young boy, named Iker Fuentes,…
Fears are growing for electric car owners after the battery of a BMW e-car started smoking and took more than a week underwater to finally go out. The latest e-car…