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New method reduces radioactivity of hydraulic fracturing wastewater

Researchers of Duke University found a way to recycle wastewater produced from hydraulic fracturing or ''fracking'', reducing its radioactivity and making it clean enough to be used in drilling new we...

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World’s first variable density TBM makes breakthrough in Kuala Lumpur [video]

Τhe 51km long Sungai Buloh-Kajang line is the first MRT line of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) project that began on July 8 2011, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 9.5km of the line will be unde...

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Video: Double Crane Collapse in Venezuela

The video shows two cranes collapsing while attempting to move a 60-ton truss beam during the construction of a train station in Caracas, Venezuela.  The two crane operators survived the fall but...

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TNO DIANA Announces the New Release of DIANA 9.5 along with a modern redesign of the MeshEdit functionality

After two years of preparation and a rigorous policy of refinement and testing, the new DIANA GUI "MeshEdit" is to be released. The creation of this new graphical user interface was undertaken as a...

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New research shows how faults warn us before a big earthquake

A new research published in the Geophysical Research Letters journal last November, provides an insight into how earthquake warning signals are produced by faults. To do so, laboratory exper...

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Ground collapse near riverbank in Brazil [video]

According to local news service Para, a massive crater was created on January 4, in the city of Abaetetuba in the northern state of Para in Brazil, destroying 13 houses. After inspecting the area,...

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8 new U.S. tunnels under way: fascinating and challenging

Whether you live in the U.S. or not you will find the following tunnels that are currently being built in U.S., fascinating. Find out which are some of the largest tunnels across the country. First of...

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119ft long steel pipe is Bertha’s mystery object

According to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), crews on January 2 managed to remove enough soil from the cutter head and lower the water pressure, allowing for an inspection o...

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New study shows 16 earthquakes were triggered by landslide

The landslide at the Bingham Canyon copper mine that occurred last April, near Salt Lake City in Utah, seems to be the largest non-volcanic landslide in North America in modern times, with almost 65 m...

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India TBMs blamed for building cracks

The construction of the first phase of the Chennai Metro project in India is scheduled to be completed by spring 2015. During the construction cracks were detected in more than 200 buildings in Chenna...

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