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Artificial Earthquakes Could Lead to Safer, Sturdier Buildings
Earthquakes never occur when
you need one, so structural
engineers are shaking up a
building themselves in the
name of science and safety.
Using massive moving
... > full story
Changes Proposed to New Orleans Area Levee Systems
Less may mean more when it
comes to the levee systems
designed to protect New
Orleans from hurricanes.
That's the conclusion of a
new study led by the
... > full story
New Flame Trench Will Support New Era at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B
For the first time since
NASA's Apollo-era rockets
and space shuttles lifted
off on missions from Launch
Complex 39 at Kennedy Space
... > full story
Artificial Bone: Designing Synthetic Materials and Quickly Turning the Design Into Reality With 3-D Printing
Researchers have developed a
new method to design
synthetic materials and
quickly turn the design into
reality using computer
... > full story
- Artificial Earthquakes Could Lead to Safer, Sturdier Buildings
- Changes Proposed to New Orleans Area Levee Systems
- New Flame Trench Will Support New Era at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B
- Artificial Bone: Designing Synthetic Materials and Quickly Turning the Design Into Reality With 3-D Printing
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Wonders of Nature Inspire Exotic Synthetic Materials
July 31, 2013 — In a new article, a group of physicists describe how unique structures in the natural world are inspiring scientists to develop new types of materials with unprecedented ... > full story -
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Cement Converted Into an Electrical Conductor
July 29, 2013 — Researchers have developed a cementitious material incorporating carbon nanofibers in its composition, turning cement into an excellent conductor of electricity capable of performing functions beyond ... > full story -
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Prefab Houses That Are Glued, Not Nailed, Together
June 13, 2013 — With prefabricated houses, the dream of having one’s own home can quickly become a reality. Until now, nails have been used to hold the individual components together. Now an adhesive tape has ... > full story -
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Proves Sound Under Pressure
June 6, 2013 — After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on ... > full story -
Firefighting Robot Paints 3-D Thermal Imaging Picture for Rescuers
June 5, 2013 — Engineers have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway-like robotic vehicles. A sophisticated on-board software system ... > full story -
Using Cattails for Insulation
June 3, 2013 — Cattails (Typha sp) have long been used for various purposes, like cleaning wastewater at sewage treatment plants, for detoxifying soils, as raw material for handcrafted wickerwork, as means of ... > full story -
GPS Solution Provides Three-Minute Tsunami Alerts
May 17, 2013 — Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting ... > full story -
3-D Modeling Technology Offers Groundbreaking Solution for Engineers
May 16, 2013 — New software has the potential to enable engineers to make 'real world' safety assessments of structures and foundations with unprecedented ... > full story -
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Engineers Design, Test Taller, High-Strength Concrete Towers for Wind Turbines
May 15, 2013 — Engineers have designed and tested a concept for concrete towers to replace the steel towers used for wind turbines. The concrete towers could be a practical way to raise turbine towers from today's ... > full story -
Western Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard Potential Greater Than Previously Thought
May 13, 2013 — Earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake could occur in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, according to recent ... > full story
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