When you see the phrase “nuisance alarm resistant” on a smoke alarm box, you are being promised a device that can tell the ...

A power outage on Dec. 19 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colo., disrupted operation of the NIST-F4 atomic clock. Hurricane force winds and dry ...

The deadly nightclub fire Jan. 1 might have been prevented if fire codes were implemented and enforced, something that should ...

Operators, firefighters, insurers and municipalities have grappled with a problem that continues to grow faster than our ...

UPDATE (10:45 a.m.) — Bull Canyon Road in Santa Maria appears to be back open, according to Caltrans. The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department reports that several engines and fire crews are still ...

The U.S. government calculates the country's official time using more than a dozen atomic clocks at a federal facility northwest of Denver. But when a destructive windstorm knocked out power to the ...