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Landslide crumbles down San Bernardino County’s mountain in California (video)
A video by San Bernardino County firefighters captures the moment the large volume of snow, rock, soil and timber slides off the mountainside. A video by San Bernardino County firefighters captures t...
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The January Newsletter issue of TheCivilEngineer.org is out!
TheCivilEngineer.org is pleased to announce the first Newsletter of 2017 ! In January's issue, you will find the latest most interesting industry news of interest to civil engineers, directly from...
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The February Newsletter issue of TheCivilEngineer.org is out!
TheCivilEngineer.org is pleased to announce the February Newsletter! In February's issue, you will find the latest most interesting industry news of interest to civil engineers, directly from our N...
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Luxembourg can now fast-charge the city’s electric hybrid buses
A fully-charge cycle will take just three to six minutes! A fully-charge cycle will take just three to six minutes! On February 10th, Ville de Luxembourg inaugurated two fast-chargers for the elec...
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Colorful crossings for safer walking in the streets of Santa Monica
Twelve brightly colored crosswalks is the solution proposed by Santa Monica’s officials for safer streets, at least in the city’s downtown area. The ‘Creative Crosswalks’ project was announced in July...
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Ancient submarine landslide discovered at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia (video)
Remnants of a landslide, known as the Gloria Knolls Slide, were discovered by scientists 75 km off the north Queensland coast, near the town of Innisfail in Australia. Remnants of a landslide, known...
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A flower-shaped solar panel that tracks the sun producing 40% more energy
A beautiful way to produce electricity A beautiful way to produce electricity An Austrian company came up with a very attractive design for a photovoltaic panel (POP), that of a flower. The Smartf...
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Sea sponges provide insight into how buildings can resist buckling
Brown University engineers Haneesh Kesari and Michael Monn have been studying sea sponges in order to understand how these fairly simple creatures can maintain their shape at the bottom of the ocean,...
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Sinking and tilting of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower has led things to courts
In 2016, it became public that the 58–story skyscraper - the biggest residential building of San Francisco - was both sinking and tilting at non-acceptable rates. Blaming the building's inadequate fou...
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India bans disposable plastic in its capital
Delhi takes a step forward towards fighting plastic pollution Delhi takes a step forward towards fighting plastic pollution Since January 1st, 2017 the use of all disposable plastics in the whole...
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