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Lack of Snow to Worsen California's Drought
In the midst of a four year drought, California’s limited snowpack promises another dry year in 2015. Mountain temperatures, which claim the hottest October - January period in 120 years, have p...
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The March Newsletter issue of TheCivilEngineer.org is out!
TheCivilEngineer.org is pleased to announce the March issue of our monthly newsletter ! In March's issue, you will find the latest most interesting industry news of interest to civil engineers, dir...
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[Video]: Meet Wykeham - Farrance's Automatic Computerized Oedometer!
Learn about Wykeham - Farrance's Automatic Computerized Oedometer and discover its unique capabilities! Soil's rate and magnitude of consolidation can be easily and more importantly reliably evaluated...
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New Delhi: 19 TBMs in the metro network expansion!
The Indian capital can be now considered, on a global scale, as one the cities where the largest tunneling project has ever been undertaken. According to the Delhi Metro officials this is not an under...
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Urine Power: Urine to Generate Electricity in Refugee Camps
A collaboration between researchers at the University of West England Bristol (UWE Bristol) and Oxfam, an international organization dedicated to fighting poverty, is proving that urine might be an in...
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Spike in Roof Collapses Inspires the use of Drones
Massachusetts has experienced a large number of structural failures over the past month due to extreme snowfall. This past Wednesday (March 4th), after an additional 2 inches of snow accumulation, som...
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UK's landmark bridges depicted in stamps special collection
UK's Royal Mail has just issued a set of first class stamps depicting the 10 most historical bridges across the country. According to Royal Mail, the series "demonstrates leaps in engineering" perform...
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Liquid Petroleum Gas to Blame in Drinking Water Salinity?
A recent report links high salinity in Seneca Lake, the largest of New York State’s Finger Lakes, to the storage of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) in nearby salt caverns. The lake, which holds 4.2 t...
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Volcanic eruption leads to new island!
Watch a video taken by the Japanese Coast Guard, showing how the volcanic activity forms a new island in the Pacific Ocean! Watch a video taken by the Japanese Coast Guard, showing how the volc...
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Martian mountain soil sample analysis performed in place!
NASA's Curiosity Mars team has recently obtained a second soil sample from an outcrop of the Murray formation, the geological unit of Mount Sharp on Mars. Through analysis of the soil samples, scienti...
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