The Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks displays, but before all the bright colors and thunderous booms, scientists are hard at work behind the scenes making each firework display its best.

Few of the 4 billion spectators dazzled by last Friday's opening ceremony would have been aware that the spectacular 'giant footprint' fireworks seen in the live broadcast were composed with computer ...

NBC's coverage of the opening ceremonies for this summer's Beijing Olympics drew record ratings for any games held outside the U.S., as an estimated 69.9 million American viewers tuned in. But during ...

It appears a computer glitch caused the fireworks mishap that disappointed thousands of people camped out to watch the Big Bay Boom in San Diego Bay Wednesday night. The New Jersey-based company ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Independence Day revelers in Hilo had to wait more than 40 minutes for their Fourth of July fireworks show and then never got to see the promised grand finale. A pyrotechnician is ...

Zap a mass of supercooled atoms with a magnetic field and you'll see "quantum fireworks" — jets of atoms firing off in apparently random directions. Researchers discovered this back in 2017, and they ...

The ancient art of pyrotechnics will enter the high-tech world of computers this weekend in Highland Township. The annual fireworks show at the community’s Red, White & Blues Festival has been ...

Officials in Coralville are blaming a computer glitch for premature explosions that cut short the city's annual Fourth of July show.The Iowa City Press-Citizen ...

A computer glitch led to a delayed fireworks show at the Seattle Center on Monday night as partiers waited to ring in the new year. The show started on time at 11:59, said Mary Bacarella, spokeswoman ...

A computer glitch apparently caused the fireworks mishap that disappointed thousands of people who camped out to watch the Big Bay Boom in San Diego's Glorietta Bay Wednesday night, when they got more ...

Zap a mass of supercooled atoms with a magnetic field and you'll see "quantum fireworks" — jets of atoms firing off in apparently random directions. Researchers discovered this back in 2017, and they ...