News tagged with integral bridges


Engineers research effects of heat expansion on economically efficient bridge design (w/ Video)

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created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kansas State University researchers are studying the effects of integral bridge expansion resulting from heat to make these types of bridges a more viable alternative.





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Using wireless sensors to monitor bridge safety

Using wireless sensors to monitor bridge safety

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Texas (UT) professor, Dean Neikirk, will be field-testing a new bridge monitoring system within the year. The project is a collaboration between industry, government, and academia that will provide ...


Implementing sustainable technology to monitor the integrity of the nation's bridges

Implementing sustainable technology to monitor the integrity of the nation's bridges

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today, humans perform visual inspections every two years of most of the nation's older bridges. But with a scarcity of inspectors and tens of thousands of bridges, that process can be long and laborious.


Engineers use composite materials to extend life of existing bridges

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A team of University of Kansas engineers is testing a new class of devices that could double the life of America's existing bridges using composite materials.


Gadolinium-based contrast agents alone don't cause patients to develop nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even at very high doses, gadolinium-based contrast agents alone are not sufficient to cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with kidney problems, according to a study performed at the Mayo Clinic Florida, ...


Revolutionary sensor system protects ports, bridges and distribution centres

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Özlem Durmaz Incel, researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, has developed a spectacular new method that enables wireless sensor networks to function up to ten times more efficiently. Networks ...


Integral satellite disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation

Integral satellite disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working with data from ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains mysterious radiation in the Milky Way.


Exposure to young triggers new neuron creation in females exhibiting maternal behavior

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maternal behavior itself can trigger the development of new neurons in the maternal brain independent of whether the female was pregnant or has nursed, according to a study released by researchers at Tufts University's Cummings ...


Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges

Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Civil engineering students at the University of Rhode Island will soon take to the roadways to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world analyses of bridges, buildings and ...


Dissecting a stellar explosion

Dissecting a stellar explosion

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, ...


'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge (AP)

'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge

Technology / Software

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.



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