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Posted December 21, 2011:

• How to Break Murphy's Law

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Working to Change Bridge Fabrication and Inspection Practices

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Engineers Study How Hills, Nearby Turbines Affect Wind Energy Production

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Patterns Seen in Spider Silk and Melodies Connected

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Study of Strong Ground Motion May Show Need to Modify Building Codes

Posted November 25, 2011:

• Emerging New Properties at Oxide Interfaces

Posted November 18, 2011:

• New Revolutionary Material Can Be Worked Like Glass

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Physicists Identify Room Temperature Quantum Bits in Widely Used Semiconductor

Posted October 31, 2011:

• World's Most Efficient Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Created on Plastic

Posted October 24, 2011:

• Magnetic Nanoswitch for Thermoelectric Voltages

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Spreading Like Wildfire? Maybe Not Always: Research Helps Define Fire Standards to Protect Homes

Posted October 11, 2011:

• New Program to Expand, Enhance Use of LIDAR Sensing Technology

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Crash-Safe Battery Protection for Electric Cars

Posted September 28, 2011:

• In Unique Fire Tests, Outdoor Decks Will Be Under Firebrand Attack

Posted September 23, 2011:

• Engineers Simulate Large Earthquake on Curved Bridge

Posted September 21, 2011:

• New Theory Explains Collapse of World Trade Center's Twin Towers

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Double Jeopardy: Building Codes May Underestimate Risks Due to Multiple Hazards

Posted September 2, 2011:

• Engineers Test Effects of Fire on Steel Structures, Nuclear Plant Design

Posted August 26, 2011:

• Adapting to Climate Change With Floating Houses?

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Magnitude-5.8 Earthquake Strikes U.S. National Capital Area

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Increase in Tornado, Hurricane Damage Brings Call for More Stringent Building Standards

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Spotting Weaknesses in Solid Wood

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Averting Bridge Disasters: New Technology Could Save Hundreds of Lives

Posted July 28, 2011:

• Emulating Nature for Better Engineering

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Electronic Publishing 'Goes Live': News from the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne

Posted July 19, 2011:

• E-Health Records Should Play Bigger Role in Patient Safety Initiatives, Researchers Advocate

Posted July 13, 2011:

• Bold New Approach to Wind 'Farm' Design May Provide Efficiency Gains

Posted June 29, 2011:

• 'Sensing Skin' Could Monitor the Health of Concrete Infrastructure Continually and Inexpensively

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Firefighters' Communications: Wireless 'Breadcrumbs' That Won’t Become Toast When Baked ... or Soggy When Hosed

Posted June 3, 2011:

• Helping the Aged During Natural Disasters

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Thomas Edison Also Invented the Concrete House, Researcher Says

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Massive Tornado Onslaught Raises Questions About Building Practices, Code Enforcement

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Cold Homes Cost Lives, Experts Argue

Posted April 25, 2011:

• Radar Checks Buildings After Earthquakes

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Data Miners Dig for Corrosion Resistance

Posted April 18, 2011:

• 'Liquefaction' Key to Much of Japanese Earthquake Damage

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Carbon Fiber Used to Reinforce Buildings; Protect from Explosion

Posted April 4, 2011:

• Chemists Produce First High-Resolution RNA 'Nano Square'

Posted March 30, 2011:

• US Earthquake Resilience Needs Strengthening, Says New Report

Posted March 23, 2011:

• New Wind Tunnel Will Evaluate Wind Effects and Thermal Situations to Improve Urban Climate

Posted March 18, 2011:

• Japanese Tsunami Underscores Need for Elder Disaster Preparedness

Posted March 16, 2011:

• New Testing Device May Help to 'Seal the Deal' for Building Owners
• High-Tech Concrete Technology Has a Famous Past
• Japan Earthquake Disaster: Geophysicists Create Animation Showing Sequence of Quakes

Posted March 15, 2011:

• U.S. Geological Survey Updates Magnitude of Japan’s 2011 Tohoku Earthquake to 9.0

Posted March 11, 2011:

• West Coast Tsunami Warnings Shouldn’t Lull Oregonians to Sleep, Expert Says
• Pacific Northwest Faces Nearly Identical Risks to Japanese Quake
• Geologists in the UK Trace Readings from Japan Earthquake

Posted March 10, 2011:

• Engineer Studies Damage Caused by New Zealand Earthquake

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Student Innovation Transmits Data and Power Wirelessly Through Submarine Hulls

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