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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Scientists Are Teaching Batteries To Put Themselves Out If They Catch On Fire
Description: Researchers want to head off the small but serious risk of fire that comes with lithium ion batteries. A team at Clemson University may have found a way to teach the batteries how to put themselves out if they start burning. Plus: we have a new world record for “fastest time to slice a bell pepper.”
Self-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires (Clemson University)
Fastest time to slice a bell pepper - 9.43 seconds by Wallace Wong (Guinness World Records via YouTube)
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