As you hang your lights and put up your tree, there may be something missing from your Christmas decor: A cozy, crackling fireplace. More and more homes are getting rid of theirs (especially in the ...

So you don't have a fireplace, but you want to feel cozy in your living room this Christmas? Well, since the 1960s, various TV channels have broadcast a never-ending Yule Log to simulate that warm ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – What if there were a way to put out fire without water, foam, or any other substance? What if it could be done with sound? While the concept may seem too good to be true ...

Sound waves could be the next big thing in fire-fighting technology. George Mason University engineering students Seth Robertson and Viet Tran have built a new kind of fire extinguisher that uses ...

Two students from George Mason University recently extinguished a blaze by using something far less common than an extinguisher or a bucket of water: sound waves. "Engineering seniors Viet Tran and ...