The foam makes air pockets in the concrete matrix. Scientists develop new material that could make buildings safer in earthquakes — here's how it works first appeared on The Cool Down.

Awareness of the hazards caused by earthquakes is probably higher in California than anywhere else in the world. Many buildings and other structures have been strengthened or designed and built to ...

Awareness of the hazards caused by earthquakes is probably higher in California than anywhere else in the world. Many buildings and other structures have been strengthened or designed and built to ...

"Haitian buildings were largely constructed without seismic codes in place," Laguerre said. "Many of them rely on weak ...

Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to rubble, entire communities ...

The Large-Scale Structures Lab offers 9,000 square ... the complex manner in which such structural systems as buildings and bridges interact with the surrounding, supporting soil during a large ...

for testing soil-structure interaction during earthquakes. The Earthquake Engineering Laboratory is home to our three biaxial shake tables as well as our 6-degree-of-freedom table. The building ...

Affordable base isolation technology developed to protect buildings in earthquake-prone areas, making seismic-resistant construction accessible to all.