Today’s well-designed stairways with transparent, fire resistive glass walls support design efforts to make stairs more visible, appealing and safe. Not only does stair climbing provide numerous ...

All governmental entities, especially fire departments, must embrace and seek out opportunities to be transparent. And much of that transparency will happen online and through social media.

Scientists in China have turned regular old bamboo into a transparent material that’s also resistant to fire and water, and suppresses smoke. Silica glass, made from sand, is still the go-to ...