In a step towards developing advanced materials for functional coatings, a research group has developed a technology that combines structural color coating with super water-repellent properties. The ...

Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a FenderBender-exclusive series, excerpted from Ledoux’s book, YesterWreck: The History ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Fire-Rescue is the first department in the country to use a product aimed at preventing your home from going up in flames during a wildfire. The product is called Mighty ...

SAN DIEGO - In an effort to combat the increasing risk of wildfires, firefighters in San Diego are employing a new tool to protect neighborhoods from fire danger: a citrus-based fire retardant ...

And then they stopped. New rules prohibited wood construction and mandated fire escapes and industry-developed steel structures, engineers invented new fireproofing technologies, and municipal ...

“No words really, just a horror show. Some of the design choices we made here helped, but we were also very lucky,” Santa Monica-based architect Greg Chasen shared in a now viral post on X.

The fires that have engulfed Los Angeles cap the hottest decade in history. Each year in the last ten was record-warm, but 2024 was the warmest ever recorded. Last year, Earth was 1.6°C hotter ...

As the winds die down and firefighters seize control of the deadly infernos that have scorched more than 60 square miles, Los Angeles faces an unimaginable task before anyone can rebuild: Cleaning ...

If your home is still standing after this year's wildfires, you may be wondering how to get out the clingy smell of smoke.

As wind-whipped fires turned the L.A.-area neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Altadena from sunny Southern California paradise into smoky hellscape, photojournalists who captured the blazes ...

“One of the biggest mistakes you can make is using a wet cleaning product on a flat painted surface — that will end up shoving the soot into the paint ... and using a spray-on odor sealant ...

Neyma is in talks with Chicago Fire FC and two others clubs over a move to Major League Soccer, according to a report from ESPN on Wednesday. Inter Miami, home of Neymar's former Barcelona ...