So a couple of Duracell alkalines out of 4 that were installed in my camera flash unit corroded and nearly destroyed it(1). The batteries were relatively new; the corrosion happened in Fall 2012, the ...

If you own a flashlight, a spare TV remote, or a talking teddy bear, you’ve almost certainly learned what happens when you leave alkaline batteries installed in a device for too long. It’s not pretty.

While modern power systems in personal electronics and larger devices have been gradually moving toward rechargeable frameworks in the interest of sustainability, there's still a lot of disposable ...