Extreme weather events and human-made crises are becoming more frequent, highlighting the need for resilience in the built ...

The cost of Rhode Island's pallet home project to shelter the homeless has ballooned by nearly 40%, the NBC10 I-Team has ...

Single-digit lows forecast for the next 2 nights. Tips on staying warm and how to identify cold related illness.

Donald Trump’s promises of peace are so welcome, let’s overlook most inconsequential gaffs, and get to the main menu: ending wars; starting none; global cooperation for mutual benefits; and justice, ...

A USD professor designs an innovative solution to California's housing crisis: a sustainable, fire-resistant home assembled ...

Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities.

The glove is 25% lighter and half as thick as comparable cut-resistant aramid materials. It offers dexterity and tactile ...

“Historically, flame retardant use to meet flammability standards has resulted in documented health risks without demonstrated fire-safety benefits for products such as children’s ...

Vinyl siding is the most commonly used type in America, but it's a poor option for fire-prone areas. Instead, consider these ...

The Los Angeles fire disaster and the many fires we regularly experience in South Africa are a powerful reminder of the need for fire-resistant building materials and methods across the housing ...

As wildfires ravage California and climate change intensifies extreme weather events across the United States, an innovative building material is gaining traction: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). W ...

PACIFIC PALISADES - With the Palisades and Eaton Fires now under containment, one tool used to fight the flames will remain in the headlines: fire retardant. Questions about its use and environmental ...