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Next Generation Science Standards
Within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there are three distinct and equally important dimensions to learning science. These dimensions are combined to form each standard—or performance expectation—and each dimension works with the other two to help students build a cohesive understanding of science over time.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
Our mission is to improve government decision making and public policy, increase public understanding, and promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in matters involving science, engineering, technology, and health.
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Your Phone Is a Ticking Time Bomb
This is probably going to terrify you, but you’ve got a ticking time bomb in your lap, or your purse, or nestled into your back pocket. If you have a consumer electronic device powered by a rechargeable battery there is a very good chance it is a lithium-based battery.
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UL Warns of Counterfeit UL Mark on Swagway Hoverboards (Release 16PN-01)
The following is a notification from UL that hoverboards marketed and sold by Swagway, LLC bear counterfeit UL Marks. Swagway Hoverboards have not been evaluated by UL to any Standard for Safety and it is unknown if the Swagway Hoverboards comply with any safety requirements.
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A New Certification for Next Generation Self-Balancing Scooters (“Hoverboards”)
As self-balancing scooters, or hoverboards, continue to grow in popularity, the need for electrical system certification is more important than ever.
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Hoverboards from seasonal headline to safety standards in short order
Ken Boyce, Principal Engineer Manager at Underwriters
Laboratories, explains how the holiday season horror story
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A Weird New Segway Is Finally Making Hoverboards Legit
REMEMBER HOVERBOARDS? LAST year was pretty big for the two-wheeled self-balancing scooters, which (sort of) made good on Back To The Future‘s promise of the future of transportation.
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UL Working To Ensure Used EV Batteries Can Be Safely Re-Purposed
Electric vehicles are sexy. They accelerate from zero to sixty in no time. Some of the coolest models from BMW and Tesla have gull-wing doors. And they are beginning to gain traction in the market.
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Safety Issues for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are widely used as a power source in portable electrical and electronic products.
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Behind the Scenes: Lithium-ion Batteries Are Put to the Test
The Li-ion battery is relatively safe but, with the billions of batteries used around the world, it is inevitable that some failures will occur. UL’s work is aimed at helping to reduce the number of those failures.
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Journey to Safer Hoverboards: Part I
With multiple fires and injuries over the past year, hoverboards are a stark reminder that getting items to market quickly is not always best.
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Powering Up: From Dreamliners to Hoverboards, UL Researcher Alvin Wu Leads Efforts to Make Batteries Safer
Wu tackles all aspects of lithium-ion batteries, to improve safety features and help manufacturers with design challenges.
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Batteries Are a Crucial Component of Our Energy Portfolio
People take batteries for granted, typically worrying about them only when they fail in the electronic devices they carry or in the cars they drive.
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Behind the Scenes: How UL Tests Hoverboards to UL 2272 Requirements Part II
UL performs multiple tests on hoverboards, which translate to safety for the consumer.
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Yessss! We got it wrong!
For months, physicists buzzed about the tantalizing possibility that they had discovered a new particle that could crack the cosmic code and Change Everything.
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Hoverboards from seasonal headline to safety standards in short order
Ken Boyce, Principal Engineer Manager at Underwriters Laboratories, explains how the holiday season horror story became a milestone in rapid test standard development.
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Charging into the Future
Envisioning bright days ahead, battery makers are boosting performance, power, and reliability through intensive innovation at the cellular level.
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UL Studies Lithium-Ion Battery Safety
For more than a decade, UL’s research team has investigated the safety of lithium-ion batteries to help manufacturers make continual improvements.
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UL Xplorlabs - Careers In Science with Judy Jeevarajan
What is better than being a rocket scientist? Well, how about a rocket scientist who works for UL and is helping to make the world safer through her extensive study and research of batteries?
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UL Xplorlabs - Careers in Science with Tom Chapin
Imagine being a decent student, and having your High School guidance counselor tell you that you are not college material. Now imagine proving that counselor wrong, and growing up to become a Vice President of Corporate Ressearch at UL! Think it can’t happen? Meet Dr. Tom Chapin.
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UL Xplorlabs - Careers in Science with Marilyn Black
Meet Marilyn Black – a PhD with a knowledge and passion for discovering breakthroughs in environmental science. Think all science is the same? Check out the path that Marilyn created, and how she followed her passion to get to where she is today.