Civil Engineering News
December 23, 2024
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Dec. 17, 2024 Pile up blocks until the tower collapses. But why does the tower always end up collapsing? Is it possible that it can be built ad infinitum? A new study explores the fascinating and complex dynamics of the stacking of blocks subjected to ...
Dec. 16, 2024 Scientists have developed a 3D concrete printing method that captures carbon, demonstrating a new pathway to reduce the environmental impact of the construction ...
Dec. 9, 2024 Helical structures are ubiquitous across biology, from the double-stranded helix of DNA to how heart muscle cells spiral in a band. Inspired by this twisty ladder, researchers have developed an artificial polymer that organizes itself into a ...
Dec. 2, 2024 A researcher has helped create a new 3D printing approach for shape-changing materials that are likened to muscles, opening the door for improved applications in robotics as well as biomedical and energy ...
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Dec. 16, 2024 Scientists develop a high-performance photoacoustic endoscopy featuring a transparent ultrasound ...
Dec. 2, 2024 You reach for a glass of water only to knock it to the floor, shattering the glass and shooting shards all over the place. If only the glass was unbreakable. Now, researchers have brought this ...
Nov. 21, 2024 Scientists have presented work examining the circumstances surrounding the whale deaths off the coast of New Jersey in the winter of 2022-23, which prompted concern that survey work in the area ...
Nov. 19, 2024 Researchers have developed a new bio-inspired approach to building complex 3D microfluidic networks by utilizing plant roots and fungal hyphae as ...
Nov. 15, 2024 Scientists have created a new 'biocooperative' material based on blood, which has shown to successfully repair bones, paving the way for personalised ...
Nov. 13, 2024 Engineers have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help drastically reduce the formation of fatbergs in ...
Nov. 12, 2024 Researchers have developed PanoRadar, a new tool to give robots superhuman vision by transforming simple radio waves into detailed, 3D views of the ...
Nov. 11, 2024 Engineers have found a way to make stronger and crack-resistant concrete with scrap carpet fibers, rolling out the red carpet for sustainability in the construction ...
Nov. 6, 2024 Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile ...
Nov. 6, 2024 A research team unveils a next-generation transparent cooling film using the principles of radiative ...
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Oct. 31, 2024 As critical responders, macrophages can perceive helpful biotechnology as threats. If not created with the right materials or mechanical forces, these devices can trigger an immune response that can ...
Building Safer Cities With AI: Machine Learning Model Enhances Urban Resilience Against Liquefaction
Oct. 28, 2024 In earthquake-prone areas like Japan, there is a need for better prediction of soil stability to mitigate liquefaction risks. Towards this end, researchers have used machine learning models, ...
Oct. 25, 2024 Researchers have created a graphene-enhanced, 3D-printable concrete that improves strength and reduces carbon emissions by 31%, advancing sustainable ...
Oct. 25, 2024 - DGIST, KAIST, and Korea University collaborated to develop a three-dimensional device with reversible heating/cooling based on the thermal radiation phenomenon -- Research published as a cover ...
Oct. 24, 2024 Producing materials such as steel, plastics and cement in the United States alone inflicts $79 billion a year in climate-related damage around the world, according to a new study by engineers and ...
Oct. 17, 2024 Imagine tires that charge a vehicle as it drives, streetlights powered by the rumble of traffic, or skyscrapers that generate electricity as the buildings naturally sway and shudder. These energy ...
Oct. 17, 2024 Research explores how tiny features in nanomaterials, known as triple junctions, play a crucial role in maintaining the stability of these materials under high ...
Oct. 9, 2024 Researchers have significantly improved a new joining technology, interlocking metasurfaces (ILMs), designed to increase the strength and stability of a structure in comparison to traditional ...
Sep. 30, 2024 Researchers have made a discovery that changes what we know about light and materials. They found that engineered achiral (symmetric) materials, called achiral plasmonic metasurfaces, can absorb ...
Sep. 23, 2024 Engineers have designed an innovative tubular structural system that can be packed flat for easier transport and pop up into strong building materials. This breakthrough is made possible by a ...
Sep. 19, 2024 Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal ...
Sep. 17, 2024 Understanding the relationship between plasticity of muddy soil and earth pressure can be crucial to maintaining tunnel stability and predicting ground behavior during earth pressure balance (EPB) ...
Sep. 16, 2024 Researchers used robotics and additive manufacturing to toughen cement-based material with precisely placed hollow tubes. The result is more than 5 times tougher than ...
Sep. 16, 2024 New research has solved the mystery of how the Crystal Palace in London, which at the time was the world's largest building, was constructed in only 190 days and completed just in time for the ...
Sep. 11, 2024 For the design of reliable power grounding systems for critical electrical infrastructure, soil resistivity investigation is crucial. However, soil resistivity depends on various geotechnical ...
Sep. 10, 2024 A study has developed an innovative method that overcomes the limitations of traditional additive manufacturing (3D printing), significantly simplifying and accelerating the production of ...
Sep. 10, 2024 When cars, planes, ships or computers are built from a material that functions as both a battery and a load-bearing structure, the weight and energy consumption are radically reduced. A research ...
Sep. 4, 2024 The impact of embodied carbon in the built environment has been difficult to assess, due to a lack of data. To address that knowledge gap civil and environmental engineers have created a new tool to ...
Sep. 4, 2024 Much of the nation's stormwater infrastructure, designed decades to a century ago to prevent floods, can exacerbate flooding during the severe weather events that are increasing around the ...
Sep. 3, 2024 Additive manufacturing, precision robotics and architected design markedly increase crack resistance in ...
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
- Building Safer Cities With AI: Machine Learning Model Enhances Urban Resilience Against Liquefaction
Friday, October 25, 2024
- Advancement in 3D-Printed Concrete Promises Strength, Durability and Lower Carbon Emissions
- The Evolution of Green Energy Technology: Developing Three-Dimensional Smart Energy Devices With Radiant Cooling and Solar Absorption
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Harnessing Vibrations: Engineered Material Generates Electricity from Unexpected Source
- Innovating in the Corners Where Atoms Meet
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Researchers Develop Innovative Method to Simplify Manufacturing Process of Cellular Ceramics
- Strongest Battery Paves Way for Light, Energy-Efficient Vehicles
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- New Tool to Analyze Embodied Carbon in More Than 1 Million Buildings in Chicago
- Traditional Infrastructure Design Often Makes Extreme Flooding Events Worse
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- New Gels Could Protect Buildings During Wildfires
- Self-Improving AI Method Increases 3D-Printing Efficiency
Monday, August 19, 2024
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Microbes Found to Destroy Certain 'forever Chemicals'
- Aussie Innovation Spearheads Cheaper Seafloor Test for Offshore Wind Farms
- Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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Thursday, June 27, 2024
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Thursday, June 13, 2024
- New Dart Launcher May Be Better Way to Inject Animals With Drugs
- Nanosized Blocks Spontaneously Assemble in Water to Create Tiny Floating Checkerboards
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Diagnosing Damaged Infrastructure from Space
- Newly Developed Material Logs and Stores Stress Information of Infrastructure
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Accelerating the R&D of Wearable Tech: Combining Collaborative Robotics, AI
- A New Way of Designing Auxetic Materials
- Innovative Demand Strategies for Clean Energy
Monday, June 3, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Performance of Eco-Friendly Cooling Applications Enhanced
- Wind Farms Are Cheaper Than You Think -- And Could Have Prevented Fukushima, Says Global Review
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- What Is the Carbon Footprint of a House in Japan?
- Green Concrete Recycling Twice the Coal Ash Is Built to Last
Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Novel Material Supercharges Innovation in Electrostatic Energy Storage
- An Ink for 3D-Printing Flexible Devices Without Mechanical Joints
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Building Blocks for Greener Energy: Reconfigurable Elastic Metasurface
- Biofilm-Resistant Glass for Marine Environments
Monday, March 25, 2024
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Batteries for Airborne Electric Vehicles That Take Off and Land Vertically
- Have Metalenses Expanded Their Reach Into the Ultraviolet Region?
Monday, March 11, 2024
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Exploring the Effect of Ring Closing on Fluorescence of Supramolecular Polymers
- Road Features That Predict Crash Sites Identified in New Machine-Learning Model
Friday, February 2, 2024
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- How Does Corrosion Happen? New Research Examines Process on Atomic Level
- Computational Method Discovers Hundreds of New Ceramics for Extreme Environments