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Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula to Charcot Island has disintegrated. The event continues a series of breakups that began in March 2008 on the ice ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (34) | comments 1

Suspension bridge design may not be the best

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of structural engineers from the University of Sheffield in the UK say the assumptions originating with 17th century Dutch engineer Christiaan Huygens may need to be re-examined. Huygens ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (21) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2008, scientists built a loudspeaker made of carbon nanotubes that produced sound and music based on the thermoacoustic effect. Now, a different team of scientists has built a loudspeaker ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 1 feature

China Building 30-Mile Bridge Connecting Hong Kong to Guangdong Province

China Daily reports the commencement of the 30-mile Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the longest sea bridge under construction world-wide. The six-lane expressway will cut travel time from three-hours to around ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3 weblog

Intel roadmap leaked for SoC with Ivy Bridge graphics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bridges, trails, piers, and trees are familiar territory words for world travelers but for Intel workers they are more importantly code words and a number of them that are planted on the ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

110-foot concrete bridge withstands 8.0 earthquake simulation (w/ Video)

After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model at the University of Nevada, Reno withstood a powerful jolting, three times the acceleration of the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Mitochondrial genome analysis revises view of the initial peopling of North America

The initial peopling of North America from Asia occurred approximately 15,000-18,000 years ago, however estimations of the genetic diversity of the first settlers have remained inaccurate. In a report published online today ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Bering Strait may be global temperature stabilizer

(Phys.org) -- A diverse group of climate researchers has found after running computer simulations that the strait that separates North America and Russia might be serving as a global temperature stabilizer. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 61 | with audio podcast report

Modern tests demonstrate soundness of old iron bridge

An unusual bowstring truss iron bridge that carried traffic across Roaring Run in Bedford County, Va. for almost 100 years is now a picturesque footbridge at the I-81 Ironto, Va. rest stop. Built in 1878, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies physics to Red Sea escape route (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea has inspired and mystified people for millennia. A new computer modeling study by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (14) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Particles magnetically 'click' to form superstructures

(Phys.org) -- Geomag, the popular children's toy, contains small metal spheres that can be magnetically connected with a click to build a variety of towers, bridges, and sculptures. In a new study, scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Intel introduces first batch of Ivy Bridge processors

(Phys.org) -- Intel officially launched its 22-nanometer Ivy Bridge family of processors on Monday -- well, sort of. A sea of news headlines using the words rollout and release can be measured with the fact ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

New camera makes seeing the 'invisible' possible

(PhysOrg.com) -- The science similar to the type used in airport body scanners could soon be used to detect everything from defects in aerospace vehicles or concrete bridges to skin cancer, thanks to researchers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered natural arch in Afghanistan one of world's largest

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have stumbled upon a geological colossus in a remote corner of Afghanistan: a natural stone arch spanning more than 200 feet across its base.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

America's new wonder: a record-breaking bridge

America's greatest technological achievement, the Hoover Dam, now has a soaring companion piece, a massive looming bridge held up by the longest arch in the Western Hemisphere.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 17, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 16

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. Designs of bridges will vary depending on the function of the bridge and the nature of the terrain where the bridge is to be constructed.

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