White phosphorus bombs, often used in modern warfare, are among the most terrifying and controversial weapons. These bombs do not explode like traditional munitions, but instead unleash a deadly ...

STUTTGART, Germany — Five construction workers were hospitalized Thursday after an unexploded World War II-era phosphorus bomb at Patch Barracks was accidently struck, releasing some of the ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 20: A digger carries an unexploded 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) bomb from World War II after its deactivation on April 20, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.

The mixture of white phosphorus and rubber ignites on contact with oxygen in the air. A flame of up to 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 degrees Fahrenheit) is generated, accompanied by dense, white smoke.

A lot of them were phosphorous bombs. And those globules– it looks like a firework when a phosphorus bomb explodes. You see these drops of glowing stuff hitting the ground. When it hits a house or a ...

For one, "phosphorus keeps the blood pH within a normal range," says Bonci. This is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, and maintaining a normal blood pH is important for overall health.

Lately I’ve been careful how I handle “Murder by Mail: A Global History of the Letter Bomb” by Mitchel P. Roth and Mahmut Cengiz. If I spied this on a shelf at a dinner party, I’d consider ...

U.S. Coast Guard issues warning about phosphorus flares lost in Lake Michigan 02:15. A potentially dangerous phosphorus flare washed up on Montrose Beach this week after a military exercise gone ...

I am hopeful that Hesperus Phosphorus! will be further developed and that its setting and characters are revisited in an ...

Two days after an armed maritime flare washed up on Montrose Beach, the U.S. Coast Guard reported that the remaining missing phosphorus pyrotechnics have been found.

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a warning after three phosphorus pyrotechnics, left over from a joint military exercise, washed up on Montrose Beach and are still considered armed.

Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life By Ashley Strickland, CNN ... Meanwhile, erosion helped wash coastal debris into the sea and released phosphorus from the meteorite.