Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fighting fire with fungi is the aim of a new line of research led by Australian scientists. The goal is to replace toxic flame ...

'Property Brothers' star Jonathan Scott is helping rebuild a home destroyed in Palisades Fire using fireproofing technology.

Australia is no stranger to fire-related disasters. The country experiences more than 17,000 residential fires each year. Each winter brings an increase in potential fire hazards due to the use of ...

Following the devastating wildfires of 2025, L.A.’s elite design community is helping homeowners navigate the tricky intersection between ecological concerns and blaze resilience. By Abigail Stone An ...

When the Woolworth Building was constructed in 1910, owner Frank Woolworth and architect Cass Gilbert wanted to make the structure fireproof. With the recent tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire ...

The most comprehensive study yet on the destruction of the World Trade Center concludes that columns robbed of fireproofing failed first--not floor trusses--when the twin 110-story towers collapsed ...

NEW YORK, June 24 -- Fireproofing failures -- rather the impact of the plane crashes -- probably caused the World Trade Center towers to quickly collapse, architects and engineers told a federal panel ...

The twin towers of the World Trade Center would probably be standing today, if the impact of the planes used in the 11 September 2001 attack had not destroyed fireproofing material, experts say. After ...

Affiliates of funds advised by SK Capital Partners, LP ("SK Capital"), a private investment firm focused on the material sciences, specialty ingredients and life sciences sectors, announced today they ...