20,000 premature US deaths caused by human-ignited fires
Over 80% of premature deaths caused by small smoke particles in the United States result directly from human-ignited fires. This ...
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New UCF-developed battery could prevent post-hurricane electric vehicle fires
ORLANDO, Jan. 10, 2023 – A University of Central Florida researcher has developed technology that could prevent electric vehicle fires, ...
When cyclones and fires collide…
As strong winds and torrential rains inundate Australia’s south-eastern coast, new research suggests that high intensity bushfires might not be ...
Putting the brakes on lithium-ion batteries to prevent fires
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are used to power everything from smart watches to electric vehicles, thanks to the large amounts of ...
Land in a cyclone’s wake becomes more vulnerable to forest fires
The strong winds and torrential rains that accompany a cyclone do tremendous damage to ecosystems, and this damage can make ...
Now you don’t have to wait for smoke to know where fires are likely to occur
Credit: ARS-USDA BURNS, OREGON, September 21, 2022—Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the ...
Hotline give apply this is Penn State academics admission tuition and aid research athletics news research high rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires
Once humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat, cooking, to scare away animals and to ...
Scientists show how to store liquid fuels in polymeric gels to prevent explosions and fires
Liquid fuels with high energy density are essential in many applications where chemical energy is converted into controlled motion, such ...
U.S. fires four times larger, three times more frequent since 2000
Fires have gotten larger, more frequent and more widespread across the United States since 2000, according to a new University ...
Huge forest fires don’t cause living trees to release much carbon, OSU research shows
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Research on the ground following two large wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range showed the vast ...
Loss of ancient grazers triggered a global rise in fires
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Snow cover critical for revegetation following forest fires
With wildfires devastating mountain ecosystems across the western United States, their successful forest revegetation recovery hinges on, among other factors, ...
Snow cover critical for revegetation following high-severity forest fires, OSU study shows
CORVALLIS, Ore. – How much and how long a severely burned Pacific Northwest mountain landscape stays blanketed in winter snow ...
Scientists discover how forest fires influence rain cloud formation in the Amazon
A Brazilian study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment shows how wildfires and forest burning for agriculture influence rain cloud formation in ...
Fires in Iceland: Human interference even 1,100 years ago
For the first time, the analysis of an ice core taken from the east coast of Greenland, in Renland, has ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Ignoring Native American data perpetuates misleading white ‘deaths of despair’ narrative, study finds
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Mount Sinai researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant to create a center to unravel novel causes of food allergy and atopic dermatitis
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Hydrogen peroxide from tea and coffee residue: New pathway to sustainability
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Volcano-like rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown
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The next generation of global health innovators: Michelson Prize winners announced