Developing new varieties of deep-rooted crops may enhance silicon uptake and agroecosystem services. This enhancement is involved in three vital ecosystem processes: (i) increasing crop silicon ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California history, state lawmakers in 2020 passed new requirements for clearing combustible materials like ...

Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, ...

Private firefighters aren't doing what you likely think they are — not exactly. Reports of wealthy homeowners in the Los Angeles area paying private firefighters thousands of dollars per day ...

“No words really, just a horror show. Some of the design choices we made here helped, but we were also very lucky,” Santa Monica-based architect Greg Chasen shared in a now viral post on X.

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As wind-whipped fires turned the L.A.-area neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Altadena from sunny Southern California paradise into smoky hellscape, photojournalists who captured the blazes ...

Baby play mats, with their large surface area, can be some of the primary offenders, but lately, you can find plenty of options that are both padded (i.e., comfortable, protective, and safe for ...

including planting fire-resistant vegetation and keeping any other trees and shrubs trimmed and away from houses. But housing demand is so high in cities like Los Angeles that developers often end ...