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Ancient submarine landslide discovered at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia (video)
Remnants of a landslide, known as the Gloria Knolls Slide, were discovered by scientists 75 km off the north Queensland coast, near the town of Innisfail in Australia. Remnants of a landslide, known...
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A flower-shaped solar panel that tracks the sun producing 40% more energy
A beautiful way to produce electricity A beautiful way to produce electricity An Austrian company came up with a very attractive design for a photovoltaic panel (POP), that of a flower. The Smartf...
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Sea sponges provide insight into how buildings can resist buckling
Brown University engineers Haneesh Kesari and Michael Monn have been studying sea sponges in order to understand how these fairly simple creatures can maintain their shape at the bottom of the ocean,...
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Sinking and tilting of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower has led things to courts
In 2016, it became public that the 58–story skyscraper - the biggest residential building of San Francisco - was both sinking and tilting at non-acceptable rates. Blaming the building's inadequate fou...
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India bans disposable plastic in its capital
Delhi takes a step forward towards fighting plastic pollution Delhi takes a step forward towards fighting plastic pollution Since January 1st, 2017 the use of all disposable plastics in the whole...
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3D concrete printer could construct an entire two-story house in a day while drastically reducing material and energy consumption
A huge but yet mobile 3D printer has been developed by Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis, Dean’s Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Astronautics Engineerin...
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China is the world's biggest producer of solar energy by capacity
The country’s solar power capacity almost doubled in 2016 The country’s solar power capacity almost doubled in 2016 Great news for the environment were recently announced by China&rsqu...
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Bridge demolition for metro’s construction in downtown LA (video)
A short bridge was demolished in downtown LA, as it was standing in the way of the Regional Connector project, the city’s metro line extension. The bridge, leading to Hope Street, was built in the are...
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Damage to California’s Oroville Dam forces mass evacuation under the threat of flooding
Almost 200,000 people were ordered to evacuate the area around Oroville, California on Sunday afternoon, after erosion caused damage in both spillways of America's tallest dam at Lake Oroville. Almos...
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Australian man survives after being trapped in mud under an excavator for hours
He kept his nose barely above water while the dam ground below him was slowly slipping away He kept his nose barely above water while the dam ground below him was slowly slipping away An accident...
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