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First Full 3-D View Of Cracks Growing In Steel
Researchers have revealed
how a growing crack
interacts with the 3-D
structure of stainless
steel. By using a new
technique, they could
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Architect Professor Advocates Best-building Practices For High Wind Regions
More than ever before,
building design and
construction can be
significantly improved to
reduce wind pressures on
... > full story
Vest To Measure Stress
How stressed are we? A
sensor vest will soon be
able to tell us. From sports
training to computer games,
the garment registers the
electrical excitation of the
muscles at any given time
and determines the level of
... > full story
Getting Wrapped Up In Solar Textiles
Expert in the integration of
solar cell technology in
architecture are creating
designs for flexible
photovoltaic materials that
may change the way buildings
receive and distribute
... > full story
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Arresting And Self-healing Cracks: Paving The Way For Next Generation Composite Materials
July 17, 2008 — Materials that can stop a crack and then self-heal have been brought a step closer to reality. New research will focus on carbon fiber polymer composites - materials made by combining extremely stiff ... > full story -
Space Radar To Improve Miners' Safety
June 20, 2008 — Advanced ground penetration radar, originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the moon and other planets on ESA planetary missions, is now being used in Canadian mines to spot hidden ... > full story -
Durable, Inexpensive, Bamboo Houses Can Be Assembled Quickly For Earthquake Victims
June 16, 2008 — A professor on sabbatical in China has created a prototype of a sturdy, quick-to-build bamboo house designed to help the vast number of people made homeless by the May 12 Sichuan ... > full story -
New Bridge Can Be Built In Two Weeks
June 9, 2008 — With new bridge-building materials, industrial production methods, and an efficient construction process, it will be possible to start using a bridge only two weeks after construction starts on the ... > full story -
Importance Of Retrofitting Existing Housing To Make It More Environmentally Friendly
May 7, 2008 — It is a great shame that the most creative professional group in the building trade, the architects, rarely apply themselves to existing housing, researchers assert. A large proportion of the ... > full story -
Incorporating Health And Safety Concepts In Building Plans Reduces Accident Rates And Costs
April 16, 2008 — Incorporating health and safety concepts into building plans reduces accident rates and safety costs. Workplace accidents are currently a great human, social and economic ... > full story -
Nervous System For Airplanes, Bridges And Other Structures Should Improve Safety
April 14, 2008 — Technical structures may soon have their own nervous system. Developers and users expect this to bring greater safety, maintenance activities only when required, and a more efficient use of material ... > full story -
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Future Of Solar-powered Houses Is Clear: New Windows Could Halve Carbon Emissions
April 10, 2008 — People could live in glass houses and look at the world through rose-tinted windows while reducing their carbon emissions by 50 percent, thanks to new Australian ... > full story -
Designing Environmentally Friendly Communities
March 28, 2008 — Researchers have made a case study of a green community. The report "Green Schemes: Sustainable Urbanism in Garfield Park" presents 80 concepts such as filtration gardens, narrowed roadways, and an ... > full story -
Modeling How Electric Charges Move
March 18, 2008 — Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of ... > full story
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