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The Notre Dame cathedral fire revealed a long-hidden secret for the famous Parisian monument

Notre-Dame was the first Gothic cathedral whose construction made extensive use of iron staples. This was a long-kept secret about the famous Parisian landmark before it was engulfed by fire four yea...

ADONIS: A Free Finite Element Software for Geo-Engineers

ADONIS is a Free Finite Element Software for Geo-Engineers. It is an easy-to-use tool for modelling and computational simulation of geotechnical problems, including linear and nonlinear analysis me...

Mont Blanc Tunnel to be closed for 3 months due to maintenance and renovation work

The Mont Blanc Tunnel is scheduled to be closed for about 3 months, from September 4 until December 18 ,2023, due to maintenance and renovation work. The same period of closure is also scheduled for...

Second sinkhole opens behind condo complex in La Habra, California

A second sinkhole appeared at the Coyote Village Condos in La Habra, California, right next to one formed in January 2019. Furthermore, the sinkhole appeared around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, fo...

Italy will construct the world's longest suspension bridge

On Thursday, March 16, Italy's Council of Ministers authorized the construction of the world's longest suspension bridge that will connect the island of Sicily and the Italian mainland. It should be...

61st Rankine Lecture: constitutive modelling in computational geomechanics

The 61st Rankine Lecture took place on Wednesday, March 15, at Imperial College London. Emeritus professor John Carter, of the University of Newcastle, Australia presented the lecture this year, w...

Lake Polyfytos Bridge in Greece is closed for at least a month due to structural damage

The Lake Polyfytos Bridge, in Greece, has been closed due to structural damage. More specifically, cracks and structural damage were spotted on the bridge, which was deemed unsafe by officials on M...

Cliff collapse creates large wave in Van Duzen River, California

A cliff collapse, which took place on the 14th of March on the Van Duzen River, California was caught on video. Furthermore, what can be seen in the video is a cliff failure right over the river, th...

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ecuador: at least 16 fatalities

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon. Dozens were injured while at least 16 people lost their lives, according to authorities. The US National Weather Service repo...

Pool hanging off cliff after mudslide in California, U.S.A

Yet another atmospheric river hit the state of California this week, the eleventh one this storm season. Extra flooding and mudslides came to be added to the ones reported in the state last week. Fu...

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