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Japan votes to allow nuclear plants to operate beyond 60 years

Japan passed a law on Wednesday allowing nuclear plants to operate beyond 60 years if safety conditions are met. This new law is part of the series of measures in Japan, aimed at boosting the countr...

Building collapse in Iowa leaves 5 people still unaccounted for

May, 27, 2023
Damage (Structural) Forensic Engineering Structural Health Monitoring Structural Control Masonry Structures Steel Structures Other Structural Forensics Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
United States, Iowa, Davenport
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A six-story building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, on Sunday, leaving 5 people still unaccounted for, with 2 still believed to be trapped inside. Fire crews rushed to the scene at around 5...

Damaged pipe causes sinkhole in the middle of the street in Thailand

A sinkhole was caught on video forming outside a café in the Chiang Rai province of Northern Thailand, on May 23. The sinkhole is seen forming as water is flowing out of it, while officials stated t...

Largest earthquake in 120 years hit Melbourne

Melbourne experienced a rare and shallow earthquake on Sunday, which was the largest seismic event to occur in the city in over a hundred years. Although the buildings swayed, the earthquake resulted...

China tests first driverless sky train

China’s first driverless sky train had its first trial run on May 9, in Wuhan’s hi-tech park. This is the country’s first commercial sky train, and it is expected to open to the public in 2023. Const...

How abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries

A new study proposes that abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries and store excess energy from renewable sources. The study was led by the International Institute for Applied System Analy...

QGIS: A free and open source geographic information system

May, 29, 2023
Geomatics Visualization
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QGIS is a free-to-use geographic information system (GIS) software which can be used for viewing, editing, printing, and analyzing geospatial data. The software supports raster, vector and mesh lay...

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