Bridge collapses are rare, but there have been enough of them to raise concerns in some parts of the world that their condition is not sufficiently monitored. In Sweden however, researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology ...
Engineering
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Winter resorts will need to increase their density to prevent their decline, according to a PhD thesis in architecture. PhD student Fiona Pià offers concrete and innovative solutions for Verbier, a typical example of the ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2016
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Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has announced the NSW Government is collaborating with UTS researchers to assess the capabilities of the Clever Buoy shark-spotting sonar technology off Port Stephens, as part of the ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2016
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Army soldiers and local villagers have finished digging through rocks and boulders to drain a glacial lake just south of Mount Everest, bringing the water to a safe level and possibly preventing an outburst that could have ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2016
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From SDO's point of view, the sun appears to be shaking slightly – but not because the solar observatory was spooked by this near-Halloween sight.
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2016
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Every day, millions of Pennsylvania motorists drive on or under one of the Commonwealth's more than 22,000 bridges without ever thinking about its safety and durability.
Engineering
Nov 1, 2016
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In its billions of years on earth, plant life has become super-efficient at using light – and now it's showing how it does it.
General Physics
Nov 1, 2016
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A major technological advance in the field of high-speed beam-scanning devices has increased the speed of 2-D and 3-D printing by up to 1000 times, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Engineering.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 1, 2016
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Research that involved tracking ride-share data for white and African-American customers found that ride-share drivers in Boston and Seattle were more likely to cancel on African-American travelers than white travelers, and ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2016
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Light-sheet microscopy is one of the most powerful method for imaging the development and function of whole living organisms. However, achieving high-resolution images with these microscopes requires manual adjustments during ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2016
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