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Fire safety is a complex problem without a single answer. Learn how to engineer and design fire-safe spaces.

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Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?

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Lithium-ion batteries in your favorite devices make our daily lives possible, but they also come with risks. Join the search for safer solutions.

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Fire Forensics

There’s been a fire. Your job is to figure out where the fire started and how.

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Fire Safety

Fire safety is a complex problem without a single answer. Learn how to engineer and design fire-safe spaces.

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Extraction to E-Waste

Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?

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Thermal Runaway

Lithium-ion batteries in your favorite devices make our daily lives possible, but they also come with risks. Join the search for safer solutions.

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What is safety science?

Safety science is the study of how to keep people, places, and things in our everyday lives safe. Our safety science resources empower students to engineer solutions in their own communities and explore careers that make the world safer.

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Xplorlabs offers resources and hands-on investigations to keep your students engaged and encourages them to explore their world.

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All of our resources and pathways are created by our expert team of former educators, and are designed to fit seamlessly into any teaching environment.

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Bring the real-world research of UL Research Institutes to your students by exploring some of the world’s most pressing safety challenges from lithium mining and thermal runaway risks to fire dynamics and the importance of fire safety systems.

Fire Forensics
Fire Forensics

There’s been a fire. Your job is to figure out where the fire started and how.

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Fire Safety
Fire Safety

Fire safety is a complex problem without a single answer. Learn how to engineer and design fire-safe spaces.

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Extraction to E-Waste
Extraction to E-Waste

Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?

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Thermal Runaway
Thermal Runaway

Lithium-ion batteries in your favorite devices make our daily lives possible, but they also come with risks. Join the search for safer solutions.

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Safe Climate

The Science of Safe Climate

Climate change is reshaping our world, from rising seas to stronger storms. Let’s explore the science, investigate the impacts, and discover ways to make a difference.

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UL Research Institutes is a leading independent safety science organization with global reach that is committed to building a safer, more sustainable world. ULRI’s Institute for Research Experiences & Education focuses on bringing current and future generations into the world of safety science through resources, platforms, and programs guided by educational research.