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20 Jun 2018

The Future of Construction

The construction site is changing rapidly. Automation, new technologies and methods—and the demands to continuously improve cost, schedule, safety...

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15 Jun 2018

Wave of Future Engineering

MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the...

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6 Jun 2018

What Do Snakes Know About Engineering?

If you want to know how to make a sneaker with better traction, just ask a snake. That's the theory driving the research of Hisham Abdel-Aal, PhD,...

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31 May 2018

What's Your Angle?

When you're waiting in a busy restaurant or doctor's office, it may matter whether the tables, light fixtures and other objects are round or...

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25 May 2018

Monitoring Bridges

Today, bridges are inspected visually by teams of engineers who dangle beneath the bridge on cables or look up at the bridge from an elevated work...

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14 May 2018

Mystery Solved!

Why has the Leaning Tower of Pisa survived the strong earthquakes that have hit the region since the middle ages? This is a long-standing question...

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6 May 2018

Anti-Aging?

The nation's aging infrastructure requires massive investment. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates the U.S. needs to spend some $4.5...

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30 Apr 2018

Planning Cities

Catherine Brinkley is a professor of human and community development and human ecology at UC Davis. So it's interesting that in a recent published...

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21 Apr 2018

Is There Risk in Building Up?

In deciding whether to add floors to a structure, engineers might want to consult a psychologist. In a series of experiments, researchers found...

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13 Apr 2018

Bridges and Storms

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in the summer of 2017, damage to the city's infrastructure was considered an immediate potential threat to public...

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7 Apr 2018

Smart Ink Changes 3D Printing

Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a smart ink that turns 3D-printed structures into objects that can change shape and color. The...

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30 Mar 2018

Engineering Caffeine

When Joseph Hyman , mechanical engineering, was a student at UMBC, he was sitting in the library craving a fresh, hot cup of coffee, when an idea...

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23 Mar 2018

Hurricane Prevention?

Many people have tried to find ways of preventing hurricanes before they make landfall, resulting in the loss of human lives. Norwegian researchers...

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19 Mar 2018

Urban Forests

A new USDA Forest Service study projects that urban land in Lower 48 states will more than double between 2010 and 2060, which will affect forest...

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