Dan Child and a copilot were coordinating aerial efforts to attack the Palisades fire the night of Jan. 7 when the winds became so strong they were struggling just to maintain altitude. The two pilots ...

It is usually not possible to look inside cloudy liquids, but researchers have now managed to do so. When driving though a bank of fog, car headlights are only of limited help as the light is ...

Firefighters in California are battling the historic fires from the sky using a variety of effective and specialized aircraft that dump water and fire retardants over Los Angeles. The state’s fleet ...

Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop! The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot — the moment when all appears to be lost and then, out of nowhere, ...

Water is essential for life on our planet, yet it’s a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce. With growing populations, climate change, and unsustainable usage patterns, communities around the ...

A colloidal suspension directly after being added to a suspension medium and 5 seconds later, after crystallization has occurred. A spherical polycrystalline ball forms that exhibits a vivid play of ...