An industrial accident at a cement plant sent up a dust cloud over Yreka on Tuesday morning, prompting Siskiyou County ...

On July 29, a cascading series of wood dust explosions at Horizon Biofuels, a Nebraska-based wood pellet manufacturer killed ...

These explosions happen when a dense cloud of combustible dust ignites in a confined space. The initial explosion, known as the primary explosion, typically occurs in an isolated area.

Federal regulators accuse the company of more serious safety violations, which ADM disputes. Suit seeks substantial damages ...

Combustible dust testing is typically completed following ASTM E1226: Standard Test Method for Explosibility of Dust Clouds and ASTM E1515: Standard Test Method for Minimum Explosible ...

Mushroom clouds are commonly associated with nuclear blasts, but this cloud will come from the detonation of a 700-ton explosive charge designed to test new bunker-busting technologies.

New results reveal how plasma explosions and clouds of debris can disturb spacecraft operations in the aftermath of hypervelocity dust impacts. The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, NASA’s newest ...