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Posted May 17, 2013:

• GPS Solution Provides Three-Minute Tsunami Alerts

Posted May 16, 2013:

• 3-D Modeling Technology Offers Groundbreaking Solution for Engineers

Posted May 15, 2013:

• Engineers Design, Test Taller, High-Strength Concrete Towers for Wind Turbines

Posted May 13, 2013:

• Western Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard Potential Greater Than Previously Thought

Posted April 30, 2013:

• Researchers Tackle Collapsing Bridges With New Technology

Posted April 25, 2013:

• Seeding a New Kind of Concrete

Posted April 24, 2013:

• Supertough, Strong Nanofibers Developed

Posted April 19, 2013:

• Calculating Tsunami Risk for the US East Coast
• Device to Mitigate Power Outages, Prevent Equipment Damage

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications

Posted April 2, 2013:

• Solar Village to House Microgrid Project

Posted March 26, 2013:

• Nanofoams for Better Body Armor, Blast Protection

Posted March 22, 2013:

• NASA's Kennedy Space Center Operations Helps Launch Pad of the Future Take Shape

Posted March 20, 2013:

• Roman Mausoleum Tested for Ancient Earthquake Damage

Posted March 19, 2013:

• Fantastic Flash Memory Combines Graphene and Molybdenite

Posted March 13, 2013:

• New Approaches for Controlling Pesticide Exposure in Children

Posted March 11, 2013:

• How Earthquake Damage Can Impact Building Fire Safety Performance

Posted March 7, 2013:

• Sea Floor Earthquake Zones Can Act Like a 'Magnifying Lens' Strengthening Tsunamis Beyond What Was Through Possible

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Informatics Tools Underutilized in Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infection
• Self-Healing Protective Coating for Concrete

Posted February 14, 2013:

• Safe Glass Facades for Buildings
• Eco-Safe Antibacterial Fiber Discovered

Posted February 13, 2013:

• Manufacturing: Chip-Free Ceramics
• Quake Test: Can NYC's Row Houses Handle an Earthquake?

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Cheap, Strong Lithium-Ion Battery Developed

Posted February 5, 2013:

• Cargo Container Research to Improve Buildings' Ability to Withstand Tsunamis

Posted January 29, 2013:

• Possible Link Between Electronic Billboards and Highway Crashes

Posted January 17, 2013:

• Soft Nanoscale 'Lego' Built in the Computer
• Bio-Tiles and Heat-Resistant Biopolymers

Posted January 16, 2013:

• Sustainable Reinforcement for Concrete Has Newly Discovered Benefits

Posted January 14, 2013:

• Noise Protection: Multifunctional and Aesthetical

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Flooding Preparedness Needs to Include Infection Prevention and Control Strategies

Posted January 7, 2013:

• Seismic Fabric Coming on the Market
• Archaeologists Unearth More Than 300 Prehistoric Clay Figurines in Greece

Posted December 18, 2012:

• New Method for Estimating Thermal Comfort in Low-Energy Buildings at the Design Stage

Posted December 10, 2012:

• Space-Age Ceramics Get Their Toughest Test

Posted November 29, 2012:

• Predicting Material Fatigue: Polymer Composites: Luminescent Zinc Oxide Tetrapod Filler Makes Inner Damage Visible

Posted November 28, 2012:

• Imaging Technologies Used to Solve Puzzle of Plant Architecture: Breakthrough Could Help Optimize Capture of Sugars for Biofuels

Posted November 25, 2012:

• Health and Environmental Risk in Flame Retardants in Building Insulation

Posted November 19, 2012:

• Clues to Cause of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals: Findings Could Guide Design of New Embrittlement-Resistant Materials

Posted November 12, 2012:

• Housing Quality Associated With Children's Burn Injury Risk
• At Least Six Major Earthquakes on the Alhama De Murcia Fault in the Last 300,000 Years

Posted November 9, 2012:

• First 'Snapshots' of Electronic Structure of a Manganese Complex Related to Water-Splitting in Photosynthesis
• Effective Thermal Energy Storage System for Storing Energy from Solar Panels Developed

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Hurricane Sandy Changes Coastline in New Jersey

Posted November 5, 2012:

• Salting Roads May Damage Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures

Posted October 31, 2012:

• Inspiration from Mother Nature Leads to Improved Wood

Posted October 24, 2012:

• Electronic Nose Could Be Used to Detect Sleep Apnea

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Researchers to Shake a Building to Study Its Performance During Earthquakes

Posted October 22, 2012:

• How Highway Bridges Sing -- Or Groan -- In the Rain to Reveal Their Health: Just a Drop of Water Can Indicate the Stability of a Bridge

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