SpeedCore, a composite superstructure system composed of concrete sandwiched between steel plates, recently achieved two notable accomplishments. Purdue University researchers completed an ...

While residential fires have declined over the recent decades, the uncontrollable blazes can still wreak havoc, as the recent fire in a Bronx apartment building demonstrated. Many fire-resistant ...

A study published in Nano-Micro Letters reveals a novel bi-layered battery covering, measuring just 320 microns thick. This covering offers rapid-fire response and ...

SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2022 — Devastating residential blazes and wildfires take a terrible toll in terms of deaths and injuries, as well as property loss. Today, researchers will report on a new type of ...

Yummy: a composite resin suitable for making wind turbine blades could be recycled into a variety of products, including these gummy bears. (Courtesy: John Dorgan) Wind power is great success story, ...

There are several Passive Fire Protection (PFP) products being evaluated by utilities to reinforce power line infrastructure in fire prone regions like California and Australia. Although there is no ...

Your furniture could kill you. According to the US National Fire Protection Association, nearly 20 percent of home fire deaths between 2006 and 2010 occurred in fires where upholstered furniture was ...

A few extra coats of ‘paint’ could be all that the steel in a building needs to prevent itself from buckling and failing in a fire, suggests new research. A few extra coats of 'paint' could be all ...

Philadelphia is moving to expand tougher fire safety standards in new construction. A bill just approved by a Philadelphia City Council committee would require a fire-resistant coating be put on on ...