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Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption (video)
More than 11 years after the Lusi mud volcano first erupted on the Indonesian island of Java, researchers have probably figured out why the mudflows haven't stopped: deep underground, Lusi is connecte...
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40 years after Kelly Barnes dam failure
On this day in 1977, a small embankment dam located above Toccoa Falls Bible College in Georgia failed, releasing a wall of water that killed 39 people. This dam failure along with several others in t...
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The October Issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info Newsletter has been released!
TheStructuralEngineer.info is excited to announce the October Newsletter Issue#115 TheStructuralEngineer.info is excited to announce the October Newsletter Issue#115 Read more
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Hamburg’s unique Concert Hall was designed by an algorithm
Its construction took 7 more years than originally planned and cost 10 times the initial budget, but it was worth it. Elbphilharmonie – Hamburg’s new concert hall that opened last January, is an archi...
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India uses coal tax money to fund renewable energy projects
Renewables have been the largest beneficiary of the coal tax revenue collected in India over the last seven years Renewables have been the largest beneficiary of the coal tax revenue collected in Ind...
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Plastic pollution: This has to stop
We are using enormous quantities of single use plastics, with many of them ending up in the ocean We are using enormous quantities of single use plastics, with many of them ending up in the oceanA ph...
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Fifty simulations show how a magnitude 9.0 Cascadia earthquake could play out
A University of Washington research project simulates 50 ways a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could shake out in the northwest of the United States. A University of Washing...
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Automatic triaxial tests system - AUTOTRIAX 2
The optimization of advanced technologies in hardware and software components for high efficiency triaxial tests The optimization of advanced technologies in hardware and software components...
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BioBee: UK’s first vehicle truck that both collects and runs on commercial food waste
It was named after bees, which collect natural resources and make renewable and nutritious products from it. It was named after bees, which collect natural resources and make renewable and nutritious...
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Village in Fiji relocated after landslide and cyclone disasters
The community of Tukuraki, in the highlands of Fiji, moved into their newly built, disaster resilient village, after five years of living in temporary housing. The community of Tukuraki, in the highl...
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