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Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status
October 23, 2012 — Japan's Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011 -- a result of the strongest earthquake on record in the country and the powerful tsunami waves it triggered -- underscored the need ... > full story -
Researchers to Shake a Building to Study Its Performance During Earthquakes
October 23, 2012 — Engineers are assessing how buildings made with reinforced concrete frames and masonry infill walls hold up during an earthquake. Such buildings are vulnerable to serious ... > full story -
World's Largest Earthquake Drill: JPL Scientists Participate in Great California ShakeOut Exercises
October 19, 2012 — On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10:18 a.m. PDT, more than 9.3 million Californians, including employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., "dropped, covered and held on" during the 5th ... > full story -
World's Largest Subwoofer: Earthquakes 'Pump' Ground to Produce Infrasound
October 18, 2012 — Earthquakes sway buildings, buckle terrain, and rumble -- both audibly and in infrasound, frequencies below the threshold of human hearing. New computer modeling by a team of researchers indicates ... > full story -
City of Ottawa, Canada, Sits Atop Soil, Geologic Features That Amplify Seismic Waves
October 3, 2012 — This study examines the local site response for the city of Ottawa, and the results indicate seismic waves may amplify ground motion greater than expected or referenced in the National Building Code ... > full story -
Geofoam Protects Pipelines from Earthquakes
October 2, 2012 — Lightweight and stiff as a board, a plastic foam material is being used to protect Utah’s natural gas pipelines from rupturing during ... > full story -
Large 2012 Earthquake Triggered Temblors Worldwide for Nearly a Week
September 26, 2012 — This year's largest earthquake, a magnitude 8.6 temblor on April 11 centered in the East Indian Ocean off Sumatra, did little damage, but it triggered quakes around the world for at least a week, ... > full storyMore: -
Magnitude-8.7 Quake Was Part of Crustal Plate Breakup
September 26, 2012 — Seismologists have known for years that the Indo-Australian plate of Earth's crust is slowly breaking apart, but they saw it in action last April when at least four faults broke in a magnitude-8.7 ... > full storyMore: -
Civil Engineers Destroy Test Levee in the Netherlands
September 20, 2012 — Civil engineers collapsed a full-scale dike this week in the Netherlands. The test dike was embedded with advanced sensors and traditional measurement instruments, and results of the study are ... > full story -
Giant 'Balloon of Magma' Inflates Under Santorini's Volcano
September 9, 2012 — The chamber of molten rock beneath Santorini's volcano expanded 10-20 million cubic meters -- up to 15 times the size of London's Olympic Stadium -- between January 2011 and April 2012, according to ... > full story
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