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WPI research team to conduct tests aimed at better understanding post-earthquake fires

A team of researchers from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will conduct groundbreaking tests on May 23-25 aimed at better understanding the effects of earthquakes on ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers put five-story building on seismic shake table to test for earthquake, fire readiness

What happens when you put a fully equipped five-story building, which includes an intensive care unit, a surgery suite, piping and air conditioning, fire barriers and even a working elevator, through series ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Foam bubbles finally brought to order

Scientists have succeeded for the first time to turn the Weaire-Phelan foam model – a celebrated geometrical concept which received additional notoriety when used in Beijing’s Olympic Games iconic ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Tests to assess how elevators, fire systems perform in earthquakes

Structural engineers at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering are preparing for a series of earthquake tests focused on nonstructural components, including a functioning elevator, stairs, ceilings, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Archaeologists uncover evidence of large ancient shipyard near Rome

University of Southampton and British School at Rome (BSR) archaeologists, leading an international excavation of Portus – the ancient port of Rome, believe they have discovered a large Roman shipyard.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists to shake 5-story building in Japan

Landmark earthquake engineering tests this summer in Japan by the University of Nevada, Reno could open the door for earthquake-proofing technology applied to hospitals, nuclear power plants and emergency-response facilities ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Origami in seed capsules

(PhysOrg.com) -- A number of plants disperse their seeds in a rather artistic way: the seed capsules of the ice plant Delosperma nakurense, for instance, unfold lids over the seed compartments in the manner ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facebook Landing Team transports company culture

AUSTIN, Texas - As Facebook evolves from insular Silicon Valley start-up to a global company with a necklace of offices around the planet, it is relying on a key tool to extend its unique culture - the Landing Team.

Technology / Business

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New software calculates heating costs in greenhouse operations

In parts of the United States where ornamental and vegetable plants are produced in greenhouses during cold seasons, heating costs are second only to labor costs for greenhouse operators. Greenhouse growers are faced with ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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