The University of Sharjah has had a patent approved for the invention of a new device which can use sand containers to ...

The problem of stolen manhole covers in Turkey might seem an unlikely starting point for a new way for buildings to withstand ...

The recent Tibet earthquake with its tremors felt across the Himalayas was a cause for alarm for Bhutan. While the quake had ...

Dissipation devices hitherto rely on steel and its yielding properties to help buildings withstand the power of seismic energy accompanying earthquakes.But the patent, according to its inventors ...

Municipalities with older populations tend to have lower rates of earthquake-resistant housing, an Asahi Shimbun analysis ...