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Deadly landslides occur in Italy and Switzerland due to torrential rainfall
Switzerland and northern Italy are severely battered by heavy rain in the last days, which caused extensive landslides and cost several lives. Weather forecasts predict that rain will continue to hit...
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Philae makes historic landing on comet 510 million kilometers away. Anchoring system fails. Are unexpected site conditions to be blamed for failure to anchor?
The European Space Agency made history yesterday by successfully landing Philae to Comet 67P. Philae was carried by the Roseta spacecraft that traveled for more than 10 years until it reached its dest...
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London’s Tower Bridge Glass Walkway Opens
London’s Tower Bridge has just joined the Grand Canyon, Willis Tower, and the Eifel Tower by opening a glass walkway 120 feet above the bridge deck. The walkway is the first of two walkways to open ov...
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A start up company partners with USGS to launch a new application
Earthquake prediction and warning is an evolving technology, which is going to significantly contribute to civil and property protection. The possibility to have an actual early warning earthquake sys...
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New Seattle Skyscraper Design Revealed
Developers Wright Runstand & Company released drawings yesterday of a new building that will be built in Rainier Square in Seattle, Washington. The 58-story tower will include residential, office,...
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Landslides and earthquakes to be correlated, according to recent study
A recently published study demonstrates that earthquakes instead of climate change as previously thought, have an effect on the rate of landslides in Peru. The particular findings were published in Na...
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Video: A 2,000 year old tunnel and its ancient mysteries in Teotihuacan, Mexico
More than a decade after the initial discovery of a secret tunnel underneath the ancient city of Teotihuacan, researchers have unearthed many ritual objects from a location that may be a royal tomb. W...
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Bay Bridge Deficit Expected
According to the latest projections, the new Bay Bridge eastern span will be completed $35 million over budget. Caltrans is shifting funds from other bride projects from around the state to make up th...
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See now online the October issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info newsletter !
TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to announce the October issue #88 of the monthly e-newsletter ! TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to announce the October issue #88 of the monthly e-newslett...
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Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country
Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...
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