Tag: Infrastructure
Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete that fills in...
Mohammad Houshmand, Drexel University and Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University
Some say there are two types of concrete – cracked...
Disasters like bridge collapses put transportation agencies’ emergency plans to the test
Lee D. Han, University of Tennessee
A container ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore around...
Growth of autocracies will expand Chinese global influence via Belt and...
Richard Carney, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
China currently faces daunting challenges in its domestic economy. But weakness...
Machines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the...
Srinivas Garimella, Georgia Institute of Technology and Matthew T. Hughes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Not only people need...
If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one...
Carlton Basmajian, Iowa State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
China’s Belt and Road infrastructure projects could help or hurt oceans...
Blake Alexander Simmons, Colorado State University and Rebecca Ray, Boston University
More than one-third of all people in the...
Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections...
Veronica Frans, Michigan State University and Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Michigan State University
A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety...
How to steer money for drinking water and sewer upgrades to...
Andrian Lee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
When storms like Hurricane Ian strike, many people...
EXPLORING NATURE
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...
Ben Marwick, University of Washington
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....
