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New fracture analysis plan would change bridge fabrication, inspection
One size does not fit all. By adding the word "not", this now completely revised adage rings true for at least one civil engineer.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Engineers simulate large quake on curved bridge (w/ video)
Six full-size pickup trucks took a wild ride on a 16-foot-high steel bridge when it shook violently in a series of never-before-conducted experiments to investigate the seismic behavior of a curved bridge ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Double jeopardy: Building codes may underestimate risks due to multiple hazards
As large parts of the nation recover from nature's one-two punch—an earthquake followed by Hurricane Irene—building researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology warn that a ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Venice turns to floating barriers to fight floods
Flood-prone Venice has launched an ambitious plan to build mobile barriers at the mouth of its lagoon to protect the city from rising sea levels.
May 01, 2011 |
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Brookhaven lab's new light source halfway there
(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is now halfway toward completing construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a powerful x-ray microscope ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Blame the 'chaperone'
A Jackson Laboratory research team led by Professor Patsy Nishina, Ph.D., has identified a mutation in a gene that's essential for correct protein-processing in cells. Defects in protein folding are associated with a variety ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Minneapolis disaster spawning new concepts in bridge research, testing and safety
Civil engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new system to better analyze the connections that hold major bridge members together, which may improve public safety, help address a trillion-dollar ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Robot climbs walls (w/ Video)
Wielding two claws, a motor and a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum, a small robot named ROCR ("rocker") scrambles up a carpeted, 8-foot wall in just over 15 seconds - the first such robot ...
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Gauging safety in the electronic age
Engineers at the University of Leicester are taking the unusual step of learning from architecture in order to design safer electrical systems.
Jun 18, 2010 |
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Astronauts take mission's 3rd and final spacewalk
(AP) -- Two spacewalking astronauts took on cable and antenna work at the international space station Saturday in their final trek outside, but encountered last-minute difficulty with a connector and had ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2009 |
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