While residential fires have declined over the recent decades, the uncontrollable blazes can still wreak havoc, as the recent fire in a Bronx apartment building demonstrated. Many fire-resistant ...

Given that they're applied to items such as furniture and home insulation, it would really be best if flame-retardant coatings didn't emit toxic fumes. That's why scientists from Texas A and M ...

A spray- or brush-applied fire retardant coating made from nanocellulose is well suited for improving the fire properties of wood-based materials. It reduces the access of oxygen to the surface, thus ...

On one hand, the main objective of the Refugi project is to develop phosphorus-based flame retardants using mechanochemical processes, representing a step toward more environmentally friendly methods.

(Nanowerk News) A spray- or brush-applied fire retardant coating made from nanocellulose is well suited for improving the fire properties of wood-based materials. It reduces the access of oxygen to ...

Wood is an established and versatile construction material, used to build everything from high-rises and airports to apartment buildings. It also, however, is not immune to catching fire. A new ...

SINGAPORE — Two years after they found a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic, scientists from Nanyang Polytechnic have discovered how to convert used coffee powder into a material with ...

Researchers are developing a new kind of flame-retardant coating using renewable, nontoxic materials readily found in nature, which could provide even more effective fire protection for several widely ...

In the 2007 Malibu fire, residents made headlines by hiring private companies to dispense a fire-retardant gel on their homes. Now that gel is available to homeowners so they can apply the coating ...

A study published in Nano-Micro Letters reveals a novel bi-layered battery covering, measuring just 320 microns thick. This covering offers rapid-fire response and ...

A group of researchers from China and Australia has developed a promising fire-retardant coating inspired by the properties of lava. Made of metallic and glassy oxygen-containing compounds, lava is ...