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Scientists create new earthquake protection device that could reduce building damage

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed a new earthquake damper that works without electricity. Designed by ...
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Saving Structures, Buildings, and Lives with Earthquake Protection

The structural safety of the buildings we live and work in is not something that many of us think about. In the event of an earthquake, how protected are you, your family, and your belongings from the ...

Scientists have created a steel sphere device that could help buildings survive earthquakes without electricity

Earthquake-resistant technology may soon become simpler, cheaper and far more reliable thanks to a newly patented steel ...
KPBS

First earthquake, then fire: UC San Diego researchers test steel building

Drivers on Interstate 15 may have noticed smoke near Pomerado Road this morning. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it was part of a UC San Diego study on how fire spreads through ...
Fox 5 San Diego

UCSD shake table simulates earthquakes to help safety, building codes

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...
NPR

Efforts to protect historic Seattle buildings from possible earthquakes decades away

There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing. Up and ...
OPB

How microbes could protect Pacific Northwest buildings from the Cascadia earthquake

There’s a small silver tent in an engineering lab at Portland State University — the heavy-duty type that you can walk into. “This is what I call the magic tent, where all the chemistry and all the ...