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Popular Mechanics
January 5, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
New Earthquake-Proof Alloy Allows Bridges to Bend but Not Break (With Video!) In a recent test simulating the intensity of a magnitude 8 quake, a 100-ft-long model bridge built with the new earthquake-proof material suffered a little surface damage but remained structurally intact.   |
Popular Mechanics
May 13, 2008
Erik Sofge |
3 Frontiers in Earthquake Tech to Aid China--and Help the U.S. Can a network of GPS sensors store enough data online to scout the Bay Area's looming quake? And could the rig work in the Chinese countryside? |
Geotimes
April 2006 |
This Month in History... April 18, 1906: The Great Earthquake Destroys San Francisco Those few individuals who were involved in the relatively new science of seismology quickly journeyed to San Francisco that long ago April to see for themselves the effects of the disaster, to record their observations in scientific terms, and to hypothesize on its causes. |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2012
Stafford & Kuramochi |
Quake-hit Japanese universities move on To sum up the general feeling in the Japanese research community: 'The general mood [after the earthquake] was down. Now people are starting to think: "We have to move on."' |
Geotimes
July 2003
Greg Peterson |
Quake protection in the heartland A new building code based on a USGS map of earthquake risk suggests that buildings within the New Madrid zone -- which stretches from just west of Memphis, Tenn., to southern Illinois -- should meet the same seismic standards as those in California. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Mark Zoback |
Earthquake Prediction and the Developing World The toll from the Iranian earthquake in December -- at least 30,000 dead and an estimated 40,000 homeless in just a few seconds -- is difficult to comprehend. Unfortunately, we can predict with reasonable certainty that sometime in the next few years, in a country with buildings unprepared to withstand disaster, a catastrophic quake will happen again |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009 |
Structural Engineer: This Is My Job Chris Higgins has destroyed more bridges than any flood or earthquake. And he gets paid to do it. |
PC World
February 28, 2001
Stuart J. Johnston |
Seattle Quake Doesn't Rattle High-Tech Firms Monitors fell, techies shook, and Starbucks spilled--but business as usual is resuming. |
Insurance & Technology
April 5, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Recent Natural Catastrophes Should Alert U.S. Insurers to Dangers Experience with seismic events mitigated the human and property toll of the February Chile earthquake -- lessons that should inform insurers' planning in parts of the U.S. |
Popular Mechanics
July 30, 2008
Erik Sofge |
L.A. Quake Was Minor, but Is America Ready for the Big One? The quake preparedness of Los Angeles was put to the test yesterday, but only barely. |
Popular Mechanics
September 25, 2008 |
Engineers to Quake-Proof Cal Stadium on Free-Floating Blocks Seismic engineers apparently have solved one of the world's great retrofit puzzles: how to keep UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium from crumbling into a pile of concrete rubble during a major earthquake. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Prachi Patel |
Despite Stimulus Money, Most U.S. Bridges Might Stay Dumb Sensors are starting to prove themselves in the biggest, most complex bridges, but the technology isn't ready for the hundreds of thousands of smaller ones |
Chemistry World
July 11, 2011
Hiromi Kuramochi |
Japanese Universities Plot Slow Recovery Four months have passed since the earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the east coast of Japan. And while rebuilding is now under way, progress at the local level is slow and impeding the recovery of universities in the disaster-stricken area. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Jean Kumagai |
How to Master a Seismic Disaster When the next big earthquake hits Tokyo, engineers bet even a few seconds can save lives. |
Popular Mechanics
October 5, 2009
Amber Angelle |
Earthquake Research Digs Deep to Find Timely Warning System Right now, the best that seismologists can do to "predict" earthquakes is to send out a warning immediately after activity is detected. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Susan Hough |
Sizing up Earthquake Damage: Differing Points of View Journalists and scientists may share interest in catastrophic events, but they have very different missions. |
Geotimes
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Large Quake, Small Tsunami for Japan A large earthquake several hundred kilometers offshore Japan triggered a tsunami warning and a subsequent small tsunami. Three or four large events have occurred on this subduction fault over the past several centuries, as the Pacific plate slowly presses westward under Japan. |
Job Journal
May 13, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Civil & Structural Engineers California's crumbling infrastructure adds to a growing demand for civil and structural engineers. |
Job Journal
March 28, 2004
Rich Heintz |
Demand for Engineers Building Demand remains firm for many engineering specialties. Includes a list of websites that are useful to job seekers. |
Geotimes
December 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Lab Experiment Reveals Earthquake Ruptures Not all earthquakes are created equal, according to new research that has brought earthquakes into the lab. For the first time, researchers physically observed two types of earthquake growth patterns, which until now, were limited to the realm of theory. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Bleier & Freund |
Earthquake Alarm Impending earthquakes have been sending us warning signals -- and people are finally starting to listen. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2011
Eric Dutram |
What's Driving the Timber ETFs? Have the natural disasters in Japan been sending these ETFs up? |
Geotimes
March 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Earthquake Jostles Iran After an evening of precursory tremors, a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck western Iran today. |
Geotimes
February 2004 |
Earthquake rocks Morocco At 2:27 a.m. local time today, a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the northern coast of Morocco. Preliminary reports suggest at least 300 people have died and many more have been injured, according to the Associated Press. |
Geotimes
December 2003 |
Unnecessary devastation in Iran Residents in California have come to expect that their buildings will survive an earthquake. In that light, the extent of the damage in Iran is horrific. Increasingly, in less developed countries with skyrocketing urban centers, untrustworthy construction has led to high numbers of deaths. |
Geotimes
September 2007 |
Down to Earth With...Seismologist Brian Tucker An interview with the seismologist about his nonprofit organization GeoHazards, which seeks to help reduce or prevent destruction from natural hazards in developing countries. |
Geotimes
March 2003
Robert M. Hamilton |
Milestones in Earthquake Research This year, the first national program for earthquake research turns 25. More importantly, Congress will consider its reauthorization in the upcoming session. As we look to its future incarnation, it is worth keeping in mind what led to the program in the first place. |
Popular Mechanics
January 20, 2010
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Lessons for U.S. Preparedness From Haiti Relief Efforts: Analysis Nobody cares more about helping you and your family in time of disaster than, well, you. So it makes sense for you to be prepared to take care of yourself. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Jay Chapman |
Earthquake Rattles Tibet Early Monday morning, an earthquake shook the sparsely populated Gangdise Mountains in Tibet. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2011
Cliff D'Arcy |
Revisiting the 1995 Kobe Earthquake Just 16 years ago, Japan dealt with a tragic earthquake that caused mass casualties and crippled the economy. What can we learn from the country's response back then? |
InternetNews
March 11, 2011 |
Japan's Quake May Disrupt Chip Shipments What effect will Japan's big quake have on the global technology industry? |
| This Old House |
How to Repair Dog Damage to Wood Flooring Scratches and stains are the hallmarks of dog ownership. But you can fix the damage done -- and minimize the chance of future mishaps |
CIO
September 1, 2005
Allan Holmes |
What's Shakin'? A service launched by the U.S. Geological Survey provides companies with real-time earthquake data that they can use to make disaster recovery decisions more quickly and corral the costs of future earthquake damage. |
Chemistry World
August 23, 2011
Hiromi Kuramochi |
Japanese government opens dialogue with public The earthquake has led the Japanese government to reconsider the way it communicates science to the public |
Geotimes
October 2004
Megan Sever |
Deadly quakes shake Japan This weekend marks the deadliest spate of quakes in Japan since the 1995 Kobe quake, which killed more than 6,000 people. |
Geotimes
March 2005
Susan E. Hough |
Earthquakes: Predicting the Unpredictable? Seismologists are quite good at identifying where large earthquakes are likely to occur on time scales of several decades to centuries, but still unable to identify regions where earthquakes will happen tomorrow, next week, or even within the next few years. |
