Building experts tell Action News there are roughly 50 ways a fire can burn a house, and eliminating half or more can go a long way to preventing catastrophe.

Flame retardants like ones used in wildfires are also used in cladding and electrical appliances. Some are toxic for humans ...

Perimeter Solutions, the company that makes the substance, explains its hot pink hue. As crews battle fires in Los Angeles, ...

Fire agencies say the suppressants — most often used to fight forest fires — are an invaluable tool. But what is in them and are they safe?

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling ...

Solana developers have created a quantum-resistant vault that uses a decades-old cryptographic technique to protect users' funds from potential quantum computer attacks. The solution, called Solana ...

Flame-resistant plastics, especially DecaBDE, are associated with cancer, hormonal imbalance, and nervous and reproductive damage. Researchers found that when electronic plastics are recycled ...

With the number of bacteria that can evade antibiotics growing worryingly large, interest in using phages as therapies against drug-resistant infections has been rising. As we reported in 2023 ...

A team has developed a stable, efficient polymer-based solid electrolyte -- Applicable to smartphones, EVs, and energy storage. A research team from DGIST's (President Kunwoo Lee) Division of ...

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China ...