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Earthquake magnitude can be mitigated due to ground water pressure
According to scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, pressurized ground water can reduce the intensity of seismic events. According to...
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Massive truck explosion provokes partial bridge collapse and fatalities in Italy
A truck with flammable material collided on a highway overpass causing a fatal explosion on Monday, 6 August. The accident occurred near the city of Bologna in north Italy. 2 people were killed and...
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Australia's impressive Matagarup bridge
A spectacular bridge that adapts to the landscape with a sequence of unfolding vistas, connects Australia‘s east Perth to the city’s recently built Optus Stadium. The $91.5 million proj...
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Asia's most impressive bridge
Vietnam hosts probably Asia's most remarkable bridge, called the Golden Bridge. The construction emerges from the trees of Thien Thai garden in Ba Na Hills. Established by French colonists in 1919,...
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350ft Waterfall on a Skyscraper in China
The world’s biggest artificial waterfall has been created in the city of Guiyang, the capital of the Guizhou province, in China. The waterfall operates by electrically pumping water down the...
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Laos dam collapse: Floods into Cambodia
A part of a hydroelectric dam system under construction in southeast Laos's Champasak Province, collapsed on 23 July 2018, leading to widespread destruction and homelessness among the local population...
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Kinetic Engineering to make buildings moveable
A new revolutionary approach of building design suggests that a construction can be transformed into multiple sections by moving various parts of its structural form. A new revolutionary approac...
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Nicholas Gianopulos: a role model for engineers
Nicholas Gianopulos, who passed away in July 21, 2018 at the age of 93, was a structural engineer that made some of Philadelphia’s architects projects erect and saved historic constructions...
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Hawaii volcano eruption: Blue fire billowing from fissure
Blue flames from fissures in the ground appear in Hawaii's mount Kilauea threatening new residential buildings. Blue flames from fissures in the ground appear in Hawaii's mount Kilauea threatening ne...
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New efficient laboratory test to determine soil productivity
Scientists at The Ohio State University and Cornell University have found a way to measure the health (productivity) of soils. Scientists at The Ohio State University and Cornell University have foun...
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