Across the country from the California wildfires, researchers in Massachusetts are working to recreate a smaller-scale version of the phenomenon in a lab where it can be studied. A look at fire ...

WPI students prepare an experiment in Fire Protection Engineering Performance Lab. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) The lab is massive. Taking up 190-square meters on WPI’s campus, it features an exhaust hood ...

A fire at a bio lab in Georgia recently is raising questions about whether a chemical that escaped and forced evacuations should face tougher regulations from the EPA. A recent fire at a BioLab ...