DENVER – Science teachers need more safety training before running dazzling chemical experiments that can result in dangerous flash fires, according to a recommendation from a federal board charged ...

DENVER (AP) - A Denver teacher had no special training in the dangers of methanol before he conducted a demonstration in a school laboratory that resulted in a fire and injuries to three students, a ...

Moses, with a little help from above, proceeded to part the waters as a pillar of fire barred Pharaoh’s soldiers from pursuing the Hebrews. A truly memorable scene from Cecil B. De Mille’s 1956 ...

DENVER -- A chemical explosion that injured three Cub Scouts at an adult in Raymond earlier this month was cited in a U.S. Chemical Safety Board report Thursday that recommends science teachers need ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board recommended March 13 that Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. ensure that designs for methanol systems in wastewater treatment plants specify appropriate materials and comply with ...

Salt slurries in petri dishes with methanol are ignited and characteristic colors for various metals are observed. Colors of emission spectra are due to loosely-bound valence electrons being excited ...