NASA engineers create ingenious way to save homes from wildfires using noise
Scientists who have spent their lives studying the stars have used that knowledge to come up with a miraculous way to stop fires from spreading through neighborhoods using nothing but sound.
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Metro NASA engineers create ingenious way to save homes from wildfires using noise By Katie Jerkovich Published April 30, 2026, 4:24 p.m. ET Scientists have created a miraculous new way to stop fires from spreading through neighborhoods using nothing but sound. Former NASA engineers with California-based Sonic Fire Tech found that using sound waves can snuff out blazes and potentially be used to stop another Pacific Palisades inferno. In order for flames to burn it needs three things, oxygen, fuel, and heat. The technology works by targeting oxygen molecules using low-frequency sound waves that vibrate them, stopping the fire from growing.
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