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Discarded plastic bottles could be used to make stronger concrete
MIT students have found a way to produce plastic-reinforced concrete that is up to 15% stronger than conventional concrete, by adding irradiated bits of plastic water bottles MIT students have found...
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Check out these glowing plants that shine in the dark
The technology could be used to provide low-intensity indoor lighting, or to transform trees into self-powered streetlights The technology could be used to provide low-intensity indoor lighting, or t...
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FHWA publishes research report on Spread Footings for Highway Bridges
The FHWA National Geotechnical Team announces the availability of the completed research report titled "Selection of Spread Footings on Soils to Support Highway Bridge Structures" (FHWA-RC/TD-10-001)....
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Scientists to map areas at risk from liquefaction (video)
A team of researchers has been brought together under LIQUEFACT project to investigate and find solutions against one of the most devastating forms of seismic phenomena – liquefaction. A team of rese...
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Researchers are close to accurately simulating the ground motions of earthquakes to predict how these could impact infrastructure
A team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley (Berkeley Lab) and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) national laboratories, as well as from the University of California a...
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Researchers have developed a solar forecasting tool for greater efficiency and reduced energy costs
The tool is intended for electricity grid operators as well as energy generators and traders The tool is intended for electricity grid operators as well as energy generators and tradersSolar energy i...
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‘The Factory of the Future’, producing Organic Electronic devices, has just opened in Greece
The Nanotechnology Lab LTFN runs a research project under the EU’s SmartLine funded by Horizon 2020 The Nanotechnology Lab LTFN runs a research project under the EU’s SmartLine funded by Hori...
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The solar-dome desalination system
Since desalination projects require enormous amounts of energy, researchers are working on alternative solutions Since desalination projects require enormous amounts of energy, researchers are workin...
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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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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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