What do sawdust, a mineral commonly associated with wastewater facilities, and an enzyme derived from watermelon seeds have in common? Based on new research, these seemingly unrelated materials could ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

BurnBot is a huge, Zamboni-like vehicle that executes precisely controlled burns of flammable grass alongside buildings and roadways. It’s designed to create fire breaks — lines of charred land — that ...

California’s landscape has always drawn people westward, from gold rush prospectors to tech entrepreneurs. But in recent years, a new kind of risk has emerged that threatens the state’s promise: fire.

Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. (Jordan Mansfield | Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain ...