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EU Horizon Europe funds €5 million safe-move project to improve micromobility road safety

The European Union's Horizon Europe programme has awarded €5 million in funding to the SAFE-MOVE project, which aims to improve road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and micromobility users including...

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Astronomers detect exocomet evidence in young planetary system PDS 70

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets — comets located in other solar systems — orbiting a young star in the planetary system PDS 70. The system is just over five m...

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First-of-its-kind public Nevada data center halted over review concerns

Approval for a planned 167 MW data center near Boulder City, Nevada, has been temporarily halted after a federal appeals board found that the environmental review used to authorize the project was lik...

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GBP16m Barbican package highlights complexity of structural retrofit

A GBP16m demolition and structures package is being prepared for the Barbican Renewal Programme in London, placing structural sequencing, temporary works and careful intervention at the centre of the...

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GBP800m South Wales civils framework prepares for bidding

Contractors will soon be able to bid for places on a new GBP800m civil engineering framework being established by five Welsh councils, covering construction, maintenance and specialist infrastructu...

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UC Berkeley researchers use virtual reality and earthquake simulator to study human risk perception during seismic events

UC Berkeley researchers are conducting a study to understand how people perceive risk and make decisions during earthquakes, combining earthquake simulation, virtual reality, and real-time self-report...

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ETH Zurich study finds timetable inefficiencies add up to a quarter of European rail travel time

A study conducted by the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems at ETH Zurich has found that travelers on long-distance train journeys across Europe spend approximately a quarter of their total...

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Disappearing permafrost forces Alaska communities to rethink rebuilding

In parts of western Alaska, the ground is no longer behaving like ground. In the coastal village of Kwigillingok, along the Bering Sea, some areas now feel soft, wet and unstable — a local symptom...

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Louisiana spaceport plan would reshape coastal launch infrastructure

A new USD100bn spaceport has been announced for coastal Louisiana, with plans to create what could become the largest rocket launch facility on Earth. The proposed 125,000 acre site at Pecan Island in...

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Dubai airport expansion adds 31-mile automated people mover system

Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport expansion is moving into another major infrastructure phase, with a contract awarded for a 31-mile automated people mover system that will connect terminals an...

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HS2 launches final viaduct on the approach to Curzon Street Station

Engineers on High Speed 2 (HS2), Britain's new high-speed railway, have launched the first 170 m of the Duddeston Junction Viaduct over the Birmingham to Derby railway lines. HS2 says the operation is...

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Manhattan column failure raises warning over office to residential projects

A high-rise building in Manhattan was declared unstable after two structural columns buckled during works to convert the former Pfizer headquarters into residential apartments. The incident occurred a...

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The history of the Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, and has since been standing as a landmark synonym to the city of San Fransisco. It was constructed between 1933 and 1937 in the Bay Area, and...

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Calculation example - Find the bearing of an apparent dip (two symmetrical to full dip directions), given the rate and direction of full dip

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the bearing of an apparent dip. Two directions noted, in which a given apparent dip occurs. Known values: Full dip direction = α...

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Calculation example - Find path gradients in different directions, given the rate and direction of full dip

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find path gradients in three different directions, (a) due N, (b) N 75o E, (c) due E. Known values: Full dip direction = N 30o E Full...

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Calculation example - Find the rate of full dip of a plane or seam, given its direction and the rate and direction of an apparent dip

Given the direction of full dip and the rate and direction of an apparent dip of a plane or seam, find the rate of full dip. Known values: Full dip direction = α Apparent dip direction = &b...

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Calculation example - Find the apparent dip of a plane or seam in any direction

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the apparent dip in any other direction. Known values: Horizontal length along full dip direction = x Full dip rate = 1 in x Sol...

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Calculation example - Seam true thickness and gradient calculation

A vertical borehole passes through a seam with a known dip at 43o. If the apparent thickness of the seam as shown by the borehole core is 2m, calculate: (a) the true thickness of the seam and (b) the...

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Calculation example - Find the coordinates of the intersection of two lines

Calculate the coordinates of the intersection of two lines given the coordinates of four stations. Known values: Coordinates A (EA, NA), B (EB, NB), C (EC, NC), D (ED, ND) i.e. A  &nbs...