'Smart' shock absorbers for quake-prone structures

Rice University structural engineering researchers are leading a new $1.6 million research program funded by the National Science Foundation to help design a new generation of adaptive, "smart" shock absorbers for buildings and bridges in earthquake-prone areas.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news140178961.html">'Smart' shock absorbers for quake-prone structures</a></p> <p>Rice University structural engineering researchers are leading a new $1.6 million research program funded by the National Science Foundation to help design a new generation of adaptive, "smart" shock absorbers for buildings and bridges in earthquake-prone areas.</p>