Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, the molecules that encode all of life's functions. The work is an ...

Spielberg's return to UFO genre is getting early praise: "A dense roller coaster ride blending chase film, love story, & mystery." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large The first reactions have landed for ...

Emergency crews launched a high-stakes "offensive" overnight mission at a Southern California aerospace facility to neutralize an adjacent chemical tank, as the internal temperature of a failing ...

Firefighters have been working through the weekend to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Southern California as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to the ongoing response to the chemical incident in Garden Grove. Roughly 40,000 people are under an evacuation order after a ...

LA PALMA, Calif. — Southern California officials said Monday the risk of a devastating vapor explosion has been avoided in an incident involving a storage tank containing methyl methacrylate, a toxic ...

Order facilitates support for 40,000 people told to evacuate Orange county as responders try to divert explosion Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, declared a state of emergency on Saturday in ...

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About 50,000 people who were evacuated because of the threat of a failing chemical tank in Orange County, California, have now been allowed to return home. The tank, which contains thousands of ...

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Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40,000 ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- There is no longer a threat of explosion, fire or chemical leak for a damaged tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, the Orange County Fire Authority ...