You can see fires, but now Qwake wants firefighters to see through them
When it comes to tough environments to build new technology, firefighting has to be among the most difficult. Smoke and heat can quickly damage hardware, and interference from fires will disrupt most forms of wireless communications, rendering softwa.....»»
Grenfell should have been a wake-up call—but the UK still doesn"t take fire safety seriously
In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling We.....»»
A new tool to better model future wildfire impacts in the United States
Wildfire management systems outfitted with remote sensing technology could improve first responders' ability to predict and respond to the spread of deadly forest fires......»»
Rocket Report: Signs of life from Blue Origin; SpaceX preps next Starship
Baguette One isn't a joke, but it sure sounds like one. Enlarge / Relativity Space's Aeon R engine fires up on a test stand in Mississippi. (credit: Relativity Space) Welcome to Edition 6.23 of the Rocket Report! In last.....»»
GM"s Cruise fires 9 leaders amid ongoing self-driving investigation
New President Craig Glidden writes "new leadership is necessary" amid purge......»»
Protected areas in Thailand at a higher risk of forest fires when located away from indigenous communities
Research from the University of Warwick has found that national parks and protected areas are at a higher risk of forest fires when located farther away from indigenous communities......»»
Jeep Wrangler 4xe hit with battery fire recall, owners told to stop charging
America's bestselling PHEV has another battery recall. After eight known battery fires, Wrangler 4xe owners are being told to stop charging and park outside......»»
COP28: Why we need to break our addiction to combustion
Headlines across the world this year focused on fires, including both wildfires and the use of military firepower, in various places......»»
New study offers cautious hope about the resilience of redwoods
New research from Northern Arizona University has explained coast redwood's remarkable ability to recover from very severe fire, a rare sign of optimism amid a landscape increasingly scarred by severe fires......»»
With another record broken, the world’s spaceports are busier than ever
No turning back? We can expect even more launches worldwide next year. Enlarge / A solid-fueled Ceres 1 rocket, developed by the Chinese company Galactic Energy, fires away from an ocean-going launch platform in the Yellow Sea on.....»»
2023 has been another year with a record number of orbital launches
No turning back? We can expect even more launches worldwide next year. Enlarge / A solid-fueled Ceres 1 rocket, developed by the Chinese company Galactic Energy, fires away from an ocean-going launch platform in the Yellow Sea on.....»»
The National Park Service wants to plant sequoias: Environmentalists sue, say there"s no need to interfere
High-intensity fires in 2020 and 2021 devastated the adult sequoia tree population globally, particularly at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in Northern California......»»
Stellantis recalls 45,000 Jeep Wrangler plug-in SUVs after 8 fires
All eight vehicles were parked and turned off when the fires occurred, while six of the vehicles were connected to EV chargers......»»
Analyzing policy-driven changes to US forest carbon sequestration
Climate change influences the frequency and intensity of wildfires in many areas of the United States. Trees remove carbon from the atmosphere, so tree planting can mitigate climate change. However, managing forests to prevent large destructive fires.....»»
Altman beats OpenAI board and returns as CEO after stormy exit
OpenAI fires Sam Altman and Microsoft hires him — except Microsoft didn't hire anyone and Altman is now back as OpenAI CEO. Here's what's happened so far, just try to keep up.ChatGPTSo AI really is threatening people's jobs. Sam Altman is the co-fo.....»»
CISOs can marry security and business success
With an endless string of cyber fires to be put out, it’s easy to forget that the cybersecurity function in an organization doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Its main purpose is to ensure the organization succeeds, and that’s the reason CISOs get the.....»»
Denial is over: Climate change is happening, but why do we still act like it"s not?
Climate-fueled disaster is now front-page news, as record-breaking floods, fires, droughts and storms keep arriving......»»
OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, citing less than “candid” communications
"The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI." Enlarge / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies about AI rules before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on May 16, 2023.....»»
"Out of control" fires endanger wildlife in Brazilian wetlands
The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast expanses to scorched earth......»»
Study finds individual extreme forest fires can lead to global impacts
The radiative effects of smoke from individual extreme forest fires can apparently lead to global impacts that influence the energy balance of the atmosphere and thus the global climate in a complex way......»»
Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%, according to study
There is no longer any question of how to prevent high-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires that have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S., according to a new study by researchers at Stanford and Columbia universities......»»