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HS2 halts London tunnel construction after serious site safety incident

Construction across the London tunnels section of the HS2 project has been temporarily suspended after a serious safety incident on September 29 at the Green Park Way ventilation shaft in west London...

No survivors found after massive explosion at Tennessee explosives plant

Authorities in Tennessee have confirmed that no survivors were found following a powerful explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems (AES) plant near Bucksnort, about an hour southwest of Nashville....

Stanford breakthrough advances modeling of heterogeneous materials for sustainable design

Researchers at Stanford University have used a new mathematical approach to describe how heterogeneous materials such as soils, rocks, and composites are spatially structured. The team developed a so...

Four dead after tragic six-storey building collapse in central Madrid during hotel renovation

Authorities in Madrid have confirmed the deaths of four people following the partial collapse of a six-storey building on Hileras Street, near the city’s historic Puerta del Sol. The incident occurre...

Study warns up to 70 % of California’s beaches may disappear

A new analysis by the Surfrider Foundation, as discussed in SFGate, indicates that up to 70% of California’s sandy beaches could be lost by 2100 if coastal erosion, sea level rise, and declining fede...

Oman-UAE cross-border rail project enters underground work

Tunnel excavation has officially started in the Al Hajar Mountains as part of the UAE–Oman Hafeet Rail cross-border railway project. Access roads to tunnel portals were previously completed to facili...

Concrete's Carbon Capture and Structural Longevity with Supercomputing

Researchers at the University of Southern California have achieved a major milestone in material science with the development of Allegro-FM, an advanced artificial intelligence model capable of simul...

Satellite data and AI drive the next wave of sustainable infrastructure in the UK

The United Kingdom is advancing the integration of satellite data and artificial intelligence (AI) to address pressing infrastructure and environmental challenges. Through the UK Space Agency’s Unl...

Menai suspension bridge closure prompts safety review and connectivity concerns

The Menai Suspension Bridge, a critical link between Anglesey and mainland Wales, has been temporarily closed following the discovery of deteriorated bolts on beams beneath the structure. Engineers w...

New York transit funding temporarily halted

The U.S. federal government has temporarily halted $18 billion in infrastructure funding allocated for critical transportation projects in New York City, including the Hudson Tunnel Project and the S...

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