DUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, she said. Now, as crews clean charred remains ...

Police say the catastrophe prompted "a large EMS response," with Logan fire and hazardous materials teams, USU police "and many other USU entities" also helping to evacuate the entire Mountain ...

NOW, WE SPOKE WITH A CITY SPOKESPERSON WHO SAYS A THIRD PARTY VENDOR OFFLOADED A CHEMICAL INTO THE WRONG TANK, CREATING A POSSIBLE HAZMAT SITUATION. THERE WERE EVACUATION AND SHELTER IN PLACE ...

KLANG: The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department is investigating an explosion at a chemical factory here. "We are currently identifying the type of chemical involved in the explosion," said its ...

If you invest in the materials sector, it's not a stretch to say that you're investing in the very building blocks of … well, just about everything. Wherever you are right now, take a look ...

Jan. 29, 2025 — Researchers present a solution to the challenging problem of recycling poly-cotton textile waste. The process starts with fully removing all cotton from the fabric using ...

The European Union said it will respond to any tariffs the US might impose on it, escalating a potential transatlantic trade dispute. “Unjustified tariffs on the EU will not go unanswered ...

Soft materials are materials that can be easily deformed by thermal stresses or thermal fluctuations at about room temperature. Soft materials include liquids, polymers, foams, gels, colloids ...

Two-dimensional materials are substances with a thickness of a few nanometres or less. Electrons in these materials are free to move in the two-dimensional plane, but their restricted motion in ...

Synthetic materials are made from natural resources. Synthetic materials are made by chemically changing the starting substances to create a material with different characteristics. Some examples of ...

He said there was yellow eye-irritating smoke on-site, with the Hazmat team from Shah Alam fire and rescue station also dispatched to the scene. “The operations commander reported that the hazmat team ...

Saucepan handles are made from plastic because plastic is a poor conductor of heat, so you won’t get burned when you touch the handle. Natural materials, such as wool and wood, come from living ...