Tohoku University researchers used MRI to observe metal ion dissolution in lithium-ion batteries, providing real-time ...

Lithium-ion batteries ... is occurring it would show up as an increase in signal intensity in the MRI images, and that is exactly what they saw. Using the MRI gave them the ability to directly ...

The images show a fireball on the horizon ... the potentially toxic runoff if fire crews turned hoses on the burning lithium batteries, officials instead are allowing the to burn itself out.