Members of the JPL team during FINDER testing (Image credit: DHS/John Price) Whenever a natural disaster or a man made one occurs, locating survivors as quickly as possible is imperative. The first few hours are critical and the more time ...

The Seismic Wallpaper (Credit: Bayer AG) A new type of wallpaper called seismic wallpaper might help strengthen buildings against earthquakes. The wallpaper was developed by scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany together with researchers from the German ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan have developed a new method for bracing high rise concrete buildings. By reinforcing the concrete with steel fibers, they were able to design coupling beams (beams used to connect walls ...