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Could trains be directly powered by track-side solar panels?
Researchers at Imperial College are trying to find out Researchers at Imperial College are trying to find out Researchers at Imperial College’s Energy Futures Lab are working on the ‘R...
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Stanford scientists develop software tool to reduce risk of manmade earthquakes
The Fault Slip Potential (FSP) tool identifies risky faults by determining the probability of a fault being pushed to slip due to wastewater injection and other activities associated with oil and gas...
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Bridges built to meet current Canadian safety codes are being 'overbuilt' while still prompt to taking high structural damage after a major earthquake
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan campus) examined a variety of bridge types along with design requirements under the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. As part of the rese...
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A new resource-efficient way to construct a concrete dome has been developed
Researchers at TU Wien have developed a construction method for concrete domes, requiring far less amounts of labor and materials than the conventional resource intensive formwork. Invented by Dr. Ben...
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New metamaterial offers natural cooling without power input
It acts as a type of air conditioning system for buildings It acts as a type of air conditioning system for buildings Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a glass-polym...
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Prof. Briaud at Texas A&M Launches Course on Geoengineering Case Histories
Introducing a great initiative by Prof. Briaud in academia community for making geo-engineering more appealing to students and to instill engineering judgement and big picture notion before they gradu...
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The biggest glacier in East Antarctica is melting due to warm ocean water
If the Totten glacier melts, global sea levels will rise by 3.5 meters If the Totten glacier melts, global sea levels will rise by 3.5 meters The massive Totten glacier, despite being in one of th...
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The Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Post-Disaster Geotechnical Reconnaissance Webinar Video Share
The Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Post-Disaster Geotechnical Reconnaissance Webinar outlines some useful aspects on UAV platforms, sensors and regulations and focuses on the integration of...
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Α waterless toilet, funded by the Bill Gates Foundation
The ‘Nano Membrane Toilet’ is developed by researchers in Cranfield University The ‘Nano Membrane Toilet’ is developed by researchers in Cranfield University Back in 2011,...
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Carbon sequestration in soils cannot fix climate change to the extend it was thought to
Soil as carbon storehouse needs to be part of, not the whole solution Soil as carbon storehouse needs to be part of, not the whole solution Carbon sequestration in soils was a proposed method to...
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