Fears were sparked over a science lab chemical known as 2,4-DNPH, which can become dangerous if allowed to dry out. It comes after Explosive Ordnance Disposal officers were called Halewood Academy on ...

A science teacher has been arrested after creating an explosion in his back garden during a chemistry experiment for his students. Yogi Krusel, 51, from Girton, Cambridge, mixed two compounds in his ...

A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a life-threatening allergic reaction on his mother’s potpourri, a court has heard.

An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed 47 people and left hundreds more injured. The blast at the Tianjiayi chemical plant in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, is one of the worst in ...