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MIT engineers create energy-storing cement mixture

A paper was published on the last day of July, by a team of MIT researchers, regarding the creation of a cement and carbon black based material which acts as a supercapacitor while being structurally...

Italian Alpine town of Bardonecchia hit by mudflow

Bardonecchia, an Alpine town in Italy, was hit by a mudflow after a nearby river burst its banks late on Sunday, August 13. The event took place after heavy rain fell in the region and was captured...

Building collapse near Joshimath: one killed, five others rescued

A building collapse occurred near Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Tuesday evening. One person was killed, while five others were successfully rescued from the wreckage. The State Disas...

U.S.A. awards $1.2 billion to the development of two carbon air capture hubs

The US Department of Energy announced on August 11 that it is going to fund with $1.2 billion the development of two hubs that will remove CO2 from the air and store it underground. This funding is g...

India’s Himachal Pradesh state hit by series of deadly landslides

Over 60 people lost their lives in India after heavy rain and landslides, some of which were caught on video, hit the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand since Sunday, August 13. Furthermore,...

A railway bridge collapsed in Norway due to heavy rainfall

A railway bridge, located in the southeastern part of Norway, collapsed on Monday due to heavy rainfall. Constructed in 1957, the bridge, which crossed the Laagen River, measures 172.5 meters in leng...

Parts of Lahaina destroyed from Hawaii wildfires

A wildfire that broke out on Tuesday reached and destroyed parts of Lahaina Town, as was reported by Hawaii Governor Josh Green on Thursday, August 10. Governor Green also said that about 1,700 buil...

Days of heavy rain cause partial collapse of Norwegian dam

Part of a dam at the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant, located on the Glomma River, Norway, gave way on August 9. Furthermore, Norway saw days of heavy rain prior to the event, due to Storm...

Assam's road bridge is scheduled for inauguration on August 28th

Assam's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced that the longest road bridge in the state, spanning from Kamakhya Gate to Maligaon in west Guwahati, is set to be inaugurated on August 28, 2023...

HS2’s Florence and Cecilia TBMs reach Little Missenden

HS2 announced on Tuesday, August 8, that Florence and Cecilia, the two 2,000-ton tunnel boring machines (TBMs) had reached the Little Missenden ventilation shaft. This event marks a significant mile...

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