smartphone – The Loh Down On Science

Slice-Proof Power Packs

September 29, 2025 Anjaney Gulavani

Is that little listening device in your pocket… a fire hazard?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Your smartphone’s battery hides flammable liquid fuel. Slash it, fire starts instantly. Could safer, flexible cells end phone fires forever? Enter Peisheng He from U-C Berkeley. He invented

Attention Retention

January 14, 2020 Sasha Vyatskikh

Watching the news on your phone? You might be missing out! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with The Loh Down on Science. It’s the information age! We can catch up on the latest news on watches, phones, jumbo flatscreen TVs! But does the SIZE of our gadgets affect our response?