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Simple Method Strengthens Schools, Other Buildings Against Earthquakes
Sunday, 03.22.2009, 11:19am
ScienceDaily (Feb. 21, 2009) — Civil
engineers using a specialized laboratory at Purdue University have
demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple, inexpensive method to
strengthen buildings that have a flaw making them dangerously
vulnerable to earthquakes.
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Nano-Revolution Infiltrating The Construction Community
Monday, 09.29.2008, 02:38pm
Nanotechnology offers tremendous potential for improving building materials, including cement and concrete, coatings, thermal insulation, composites and fire retardants, said Joannie Chin, leader of the Polymeric Materials Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colo.
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NIST Building Safety Efforts Mark Fifth Anniversary Of RI Nightclub Fire
Sunday, 02.24.2008, 05:50am
Five years ago on Feb. 20, 2003, pyrotechnics lit during a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., started a rapidly spreading fire that caused the deaths of 100 people. Within a week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a two-year investigation of the tragic event to understand exactly what happened and to make recommendations for change based on those findings. |
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Dirty business
Thursday, 02.21.2008, 12:07pm
Cambridge University's Department of Engineering is taking part in a project to develop
equipment that could help reclaim contaminated brownfield land for
housing or commerce. |
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River Plants May Play Major Role In Health Of Ocean Coastal Waters
Wednesday, 02.13.2008, 09:54am
Recent research at MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering suggests how aquatic plants in rivers and streams may play
a major role in the health of large areas of ocean coastal waters.
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Nano scaffold rebuilds nerve damage
Wednesday, 02.06.2008, 02:23pm
A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that
could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and
spinal cord injury. |
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