Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, ...

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Investigators with the Grand Rapids Fire Department are trying to figure out what sparked flames at a recycling business ...

As wood burns, the mix of expanding gases and cellulose breaking down makes the pockets of trapped steam burst open from the wood, one by one. This is why you hear the crackling and popping noises.

Intense flames from a house fire in Petersburg quickly spread to a neighboring home Monday evening as firefighters battled ...

Cape Cod National Seashore Supt. Jennifer Flynn says that funding for fire prevention is in short supply. Cape has low ...

When they arrived, firefighters found that a wood grinder — reportedly used to make mulch — had caught fire. June 3 wood grinder fire on Dry Bridge Road in Chesterfield.

The physical design of smokeless fire pits make them less portable. They have double-walled construction and can't fold-up or collapse to a packable size, but some may still deem it worth it.

As trees grow larger, their heartwood proportion increases and eventually accounts for most of the biomass. Heartwood decay ...

The lone survivor of an Air India plane crash had several variables working in his favor, a Northeastern University EMS ...

Since John K. Wood revamped and reopened the historic 29 Diner in Fairfax City in September 2014, he’s taken care of others – at-risk youth, veterans, the homeless and families in need.

That’s the challenge Lydia Wood, 31, has set herself. In the process, she is creating an archive of an important part of the city’s nightlife.