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Demolition order issued for partially collapsed building in Detroit’s Eastern Market

A demolition order was issued for a building in Eastern Market, Detroit, after it partially collapsed shortly before noon on Saturday, September 16. Furthermore, parts of the south façade collapsed...

University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital breaks ground on $650M expansion

University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital held a groundbreaking celebration for its $650 million expansion project on Friday, September 8. At the time of the event, enabling projects and ne...

Potentially world’s largest known lithium deposit discovered in the US

A new study published on August 30, suggests that the world's largest lithium reserve could be located in the McDermitt caldera, inside an extinct volcano, between Nevada and Oregon in the US. Lithi...

India and Saudi Arabia sign agreement to connect their power grids through subsea cables

India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on Monday, September 11, to connect their power grids via subsea cables. Furthermore, the agreement was signed by India’s Union minister for new and renewab...

Storm Daniel wreaks havoc in Libya after Greece

After causing extensive damage in Greece, Storm Daniel moved on to Libya, where it washed away entire neighborhoods and left thousands dead or missing. Libya has been subject to armed conflicts for...

UN warns on the effects of sand dredging to the ocean floor and marine life

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday about the impact that sand dredging has on the ocean floor and marine life. Furthermore, UNEP’s Centre for Analytics, GRID-Geneva, has developed...

Water main burst in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India

A water main burst in front of the Twinkle Apartments in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India, shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23. What has been known so far is that the water main pipe had...

Fire breaks out at the Xintiandi office building in Tianjin, China

The Xintiandi Building, a high-rise office structure located in Tianjin, China, was engulfed in flames on Tuesday, August 22. Furthermore, Xintiandi consists of 27 floors and two underground levels....

California hit by earthquake and Tropical Storm Hilary

The first tropical storm in 84 years made landfall in Southern California on Sunday, August 20, after the region was hit by a 5.1 moment magnitude earthquake. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at...

MIT engineers create energy-storing cement mixture

A paper was published on the last day of July, by a team of MIT researchers, regarding the creation of a cement and carbon black based material which acts as a supercapacitor while being structurally...

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