Fire
hideFire is the rapid oxidation of a combustible material releasing heat, light, and various reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity might vary. Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning.
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News tagged with fire
Fire influences global warming more than previously thought
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Fire's potent and pervasive effects on ecosystems and on many Earth processes, including climate change, have been underestimated, according to a new report.
Scientists trace the human role in Indonesian forest fires
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2009 |
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Severe fires in Indonesia - responsible for some of the worst air quality conditions worldwide - are linked not only to drought, but also to changes in land use and population density, according to a new study ...
Comet impact theory disproved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2009 |
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New data, published today, disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that travelled across North America at hundreds of kilometres per hour and triggering ...
Tree deaths have doubled across the western US
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates tree deaths in the West's old-growth forests have more than doubled in recent decades, ...
Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, study says
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now, a new study by Iowa State University anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna ...
Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.
Rapacious Rasberry ants march north
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Poor Texas. First it was killer bees, then fire ants. Now, it's the Rasberry ants.
Swedish hi-tech 'snake' blazes trail to safer firefighting
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Firefighting, arguably one of the world's most dangerous jobs, is about to get a lot safer thanks to a revolutionary technique developed in Sweden.
Could cannon balls from the early 19th century sink warships?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 15, 2009 |
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A joint experiment by researchers at the University of Haifa and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. succeeded in solving the riddle: Could cannon balls from the early 19th century sink warships?
HP recalls laptop batteries over fire hazard
May 14, 2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is recalling some 70,000 batteries for notebook computers because of a fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.
Plants may affect the effect of wildfires
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising temperatures may lead to more tinder-dry vegetation, but that doesn't mean there will be a higher risk for wildfires in a particular area.
Study: Climate adds fuel to Asian wildfire emissions
Apr 30, 2009 |
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In the last decade, Asian farmers have cleared tens of thousands of square miles of forests to accommodate the world's growing demand for palm oil, an increasingly popular food ingredient. Ancient peatlands ...
Cousin of the 'ice that burns' emerges as greener new way to fight fires
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are reporting development of a new type of ice that may provide a more efficient, environmentally-friendly method for putting out fires, including out-of control blazes ...
Climate change to spur rapid shifts in wildfire hotspots
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change will bring about major shifts in worldwide fire patterns, and those changes are coming fast, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis led by researchers at the University of ...
Stairwell evacuation study finds 'what we know we don't know'
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Most of the time, we use the stairs in buildings—especially in high-rise structures—only as a back-up for faster elevators and escalators, but during a fire or other emergency, stairs become our primary passage ...
