The centuries-old mystery over what went into building Antonio Stradivari's best violins may be narrowing to a single Alpine valley. A new study covered by the New York Times finds that the wood used ...

An electrical failure at the base of a Christmas tree caused a house fire on Christmas Eve that destroyed a Bel Air home, according to deputy state fire marshals. The fire was reported shortly after 6 ...

A tree fell on then University of Oregon student during a wind storm on Feb. 24. The former student filed a $16.3 million lawsuit against the university, claiming the university's negligence led to ...

For many families, choosing a real Christmas tree marks the official start of the holiday season. The scent, the visit to the local farm, watching dad wrestle a half-rusted saw through the branches ...

Real Christmas trees are one of the few holiday items that aren’t expected to rise in price this year. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The holidays typically bring snowy backdrops, festive lights and ...

The rapid expansion of higher education has introduced new safety challenges in university laboratories, where fire incidents now represent a critical threat to campus safety. In this paper, we ...

This technical report proposes a formal semantics for EMV2 and shows how to leverage this semantics to generate fault trees from an AADL model enriched with EMV2 information. The Architecture Analysis ...

Florida's "no-fault" tree law means homeowners are generally not liable for tree damage caused by natural events like storms, unless negligence is proven. The failed "Fallen Tree Act" sought to shift ...