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Engineers Help Secure California Highways and Roads
December 15, 2009 — Engineers investigated the seismic response of a semi-gravity reinforced concrete cantilever wall recently at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor ... > full story -
Negative Image of 19th Century Architects Is Wrong, Researcher Says
December 15, 2009 — The negative image of architects from the nineteenth century needs to be revised, according to a Dutch researcher. The architects are widely termed “outdated”, because they harked back to ... > full story -
Going Vertical: Fleeing Tsunamis by Moving Up, Not out
December 14, 2009 — When the next big earthquake strikes Indonesia, a tsunami could follow close behind, killing thousands of people stuck in traffic jams while attempting to evacuate. Researchers suggest lives can be ... > full story -
Experts: Disease-Resistant Plants Enhance Profits, Client Satisfaction
December 10, 2009 — New varieties of plants marketed as disease or insect-resistant are being sold through local garden centers and catalogues. These attractive ornamentals often come with the promise of lower ... > full story -
Shape Shifters: Researchers Create New Breed of Antennas
December 1, 2009 — Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. New research is revolutionizing the field of antenna design -- creating ... > full story -
Action Recommended for Indoor Radon Below Current Guidelines
November 30, 2009 — With radon-caused lung cancer deaths averaging 20,000 per year, the Health Physics Society asks the public to consider taking action even at measured levels below current ... > full story -
High-Tech Origami: Water Droplets Direct Self-Assembly Process in Thin-Film Materials
November 23, 2009 — Researchers have developed a technique for fabricating 3-D, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling photolithography and a self-folding process driven by capillary ... > full story -
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Low Carbon Straw House Passes Fire Safety Test
November 20, 2009 — A newly designed straw house -- built of pre-fabricated straw-bale and hemp panels -- has fire resistance as good as houses built of conventional building materials, according to researchers in the ... > full story -
'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
November 18, 2009 — Engineering researchers have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique physical attributes of ... > full story -
Protection Facilitates Construction of Molecules
November 18, 2009 — Sulfate groups are crucial building blocks for many molecules but are difficult to handle. Chemists have now discovered how sulfate groups can be protected during the construction of a molecule. ... > full story
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