When you're in a hurry to boil pasta, make Jell-O, or get the French press going, it might seem harmless (efficient even) to fill your pot with hot water straight from the tap. But using hot tap water ...

A water heater set to 120 degrees Fahrenheit can release water from the tap hot enough to cause a second-degree burn in about 9 minutes. Turned up to 130 degrees, that injury happens in just 25 ...

Hot tap water seriously burns tens of thousands of Americans every year, according to research published in Injury Prevention on Tuesday, a costly drain on public resources researchers say could ...

Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, and three other companies have spent 4 years and about $5 million to conceive and design a diverless, deepwater hot-tapping system that will undergo full-scale testing this ...