An unusual new industrial testing product from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology -- a cigarette deliberately designed to burn stronger than others -- will be used by ...

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reported that results from a series of four fire resistance tests conducted this month on composite concrete-steel ...

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACTS, a leading third-party engineering firm specialized in testing, inspection, certification, engineering services, and knowledge & education in the Middle ...

My early mentor had a saying that resonated with me — “Avoid Wishful Thinking.” I’ve found that advice has served me well over the course of my 30-year (and still going) career. Living by that credo ...

MADISON, Wis. — Neutral, a real estate development company focused on creating sustainable and healthy mixed-use communities, has presented the results of a 3-hour fire test for a hybrid mass timber ...

An engineer said during an ongoing public inquiry into the fatal fire at London's Grenfell housing block in 2017 that Kingspan Group threatened to take a cladding company to court if it revealed the ...

Fire testing specialist, United Kingdom Testing and Certification (UKTC), has broken ground on a multi-million pound expansion at its East Kilbride testing facility. Acquired by leaders in testing, ...

Cigarettes are the most frequent cause of fatalities from residential fires in the United States. So, it might seem surprising to learn that a cigarette that burns stronger than others has been used ...