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Sprinklers Shown Effective In Slowing Dorm Fires
February 13, 2005 — An automatic sprinkler system significantly increases a person’s chances of surviving a dormitory fire, according to a report issued recently by the National Institute of Standards and ... > full story -
Siberian Fires Most Common Near People
February 4, 2005 — While Siberia may be one of the last expanses on Earth where human presence is relatively scarce, scientists are finding some surprising connections between humans and fires in these frigid, northern ... > full story -
Safer, Self-Extinguishing Cigarettes Designed By Manufacturers Sold In NY
January 27, 2005 — Smoldering cigarettes are the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States causing more than 800 deaths per year. The technology to create safer cigarettes exists. To meet a New York safety ... > full story -
INEEL And NASA Launch UAVS To Evaluate Earthbound Missions
December 8, 2004 — Hundreds of miles from the legendary California research centers where pioneering aircraft like the supersonic X-1 were put through their paces, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... > full story -
Titanic Disaster: New Theory Fingers Coal Fire
November 8, 2004 — A smoldering coal fire – and the continuing attempt to control it through the voyage – may have led to the sinking of the Titanic 92 years ago, says engineer Robert Essenhigh of Ohio ... > full story -
Chimpanzee 'Workshop' Discovered In Congo
October 27, 2004 — Scientists have discovered that a remote rainforest in Central Africa, saved from logging by a collaboration among the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, a timber company and the Republic ... > full story -
Globetrotting Pollutants Turn Up On Toronto Street
October 20, 2004 — Researchers at the University of Toronto have detected migratory pollutants from a forest fire in Quebec and even particles from a sandstorm in the Sahara in Toronto air, findings that could someday ... > full story -
Indoor Air Pollution – The Killer In The Kitchen
October 19, 2004 — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) marked World Rural Women’s Day on 15 October 2004 by drawing attention to indoor air pollution - one of ... > full story -
Modest Climate Change Could Lead To Substantially More And Larger Fires
September 1, 2004 — The area burned by wildfires in 11 Western states could double by the end of the century if summer climate warms by slightly more than a degree and a half, say researchers with the U.S. Department of ... > full story -
NIST Tests Provide Fire Resistance Data On World Trade Center Floor Systems
August 29, 2004 — The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reported that results from a series of four fire resistance tests conducted this month on composite ... > full story
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