COLUMBUS, Ohio–Scientists at Battelle have filed a patent application for a device that shoots out rings of gas–an invention that could aid firefighters in suppressing smoke as well as delivering a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of researchers discovered an extraordinary property of vortex rings—how dolphins propel themselves underwater—that science ...

Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State University have now developed handheld tools that cleanly extinguish fires ...