{"690619":{"#nid":"690619","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Lithium-ion battery fires raise safety concerns","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs lithium-ion batteries power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, battery safety is more important than ever. Matthew McDowell, director of the Georgia Tech Advanced Battery Center and a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, shared key insights on this critical topic. The interview also explored Georgia Tech research on battery safety and emerging technologies that could shape the future of energy storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2026-06-03 15:55:26","changed_gmt":"2026-06-03 15:55:26","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"11 Alive","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/video\/news\/community\/one-on-one\/lithium-ion-battery-fires-raise-safety-concerns\/85-d55e625c-5c05-43ea-9b15-2a721c8b31bc","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}