Most people perceive a cork in a bottle of wine as a simple plug meant to keep the liquid in and the outside world out. In ...

The main reason for sealing wine bottles with a cork is to protect the liquid from oxygen. However, it is not an impermeable barrier, and a small amount of air leaks in, which is not always entirely ...

There is no evidence of there being a systematic safety problem with aircraft oxygen bottles, says Australian investigators. The findings are published in their latest report into a July 2008 accident ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian air safety investigators on Friday blamed an oxygen bottle for a mid-air explosion which blew a minivan-size hole in the side of Qantas 747, but said they don't know ...

A deadly blast at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon was caused by exploding oxygen bottles — and not arms, Hamas militants said Saturday. Hamas in a statement rejected Lebanese state media reports ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Investigators looking at whether an exploding oxygen bottle blew a large hole in the side of a Qantas 747 said on Wednesday part of a bottle burst into the plane's cabin and ...