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ABOUT NEW SCIENCE

Progress is an unstoppable, transformative force. New technologies, product advances and globalization are arriving one on top of another at a dizzying pace. Innovation makes us more efficient, more productive and more connected. But there is a cost, and that cost is risk. To help mitigate the emerging risks, UL is developing New Science. Through fundamental discovery, testing methodologies and equipment, procedures, software and standards, UL is creating new and important ways to make the world safer.

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Watch our expert panel discuss the importance of safety science in managing the opportunities and risks of progress in the marketplace.

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Watch our videos to learn how UL is advancing safety through New Science. Below is a series of videos about New Science, each of our four themes and our expert panel discussion.

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FIRE SAFETY

A UL engineer observes the FDNY during a live burn fire experiment designed to help firefighters better predict and react to the effects new materials and construction have on a fire.

An FDNY firefighter assesses the situation as a basement fire burns during an experiment conducted by UL, NIST and FDNY.

Foil-covered testing apparatus gathers data during a live burn fire experiment conducted by UL fire testing experts.

FDNY firefighters use water to suppress a first-floor fire during a UL, NIST and FDNY live burn fire experiment.

An attic fire during a live burn experiment conducted by UL, NIST and FDNY.

Flames and smoke vent through the roof of an abandoned home during a live burn fire experiment in the attic.

The ground floor shows signs of scorching after a basement fire experiment.

Command center for a series of live burn experiments UL conducted with NIST and FDNY.

Plug boxes for thermocouples that measure temperatures during the experiments, allowing UL researchers to assess the impact of new materials and construction on fires.

UL testing experts set up an experiment in the basement of an abandoned home.

A cooling can protects a camera capturing thermal images during a series of live burn experiments.

Wiring for instrumentation monitoring the live burn tests conducted on Governor's Island in New York.

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How will innovation impact your business over the next five years?

“Fire research will change as it moves beyond single component fires to system safety to include topics like environmental safety or extended home safety (such as an EV being plugged into a house or a home with a PV, etc.). Fire research will also rely more and more on computer modeling.”

Mahmood Tabaddor, Ph.D.
Research Manager and Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at UL

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