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If you thought water collected on your roof can bring the house down, think again. A liquid tuned mass damper on top of skyscrapers can actually save lives by swaying to and fro during times earthquakes and strong winds. The water would balance the...
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Federal agencies are distributing 182,000 public alert radios to schools across the country.
made popular Aug 19 2008
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Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation’s most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case.
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President Bush has signed legislation that bans lead from children’s toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world.
made popular Aug 14 2008
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NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency...
made popular Aug 11 2008
FRUSTRATION with the situation at the Namibian Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) has reached boiling point after another light aircraft crashed while attempting to...
made popular Aug 7 2008
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The lone survivor of an underground explosion that killed five coal miners in Kentucky two years ago said Tuesday he believes most of his co-workers would have survived...
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The lone survivor of an underground explosion that killed five coal miners in Kentucky two years ago said Tuesday he believes most of his co-workers would have survived...
made popular Aug 5 2008
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The crane division of manufacturer Manitowoc Co. Inc. has told operators of one of its models to shut the cranes down because of problems the company says could affect...
made popular Aug 5 2008
Common people of India are very much religious and because of this all the famous temples are very good place of business, if you admit or not one section of people are...
made popular Aug 4 2008
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The Democratic-controlled Congress is working to overcome years of neglect by the Bush administration of agencies intended to safeguard the health of the public,...
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House and Senate lawmakers reached agreement Monday on legislation to ensure that children’s toys are not contaminated with lead and phthalates, require mandatory...
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The U.S. should revive and expand an aviation safety survey run by NASA to identify problems like lapses in inspections that canceled thousands of flights this past...
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Since 2003, the National Transportation Safety Board has put medical oversight of commercial truck and bus drivers on its “most wanted” list, calling the...
made popular Jul 21 2008
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Troubled by the tainted tomato scare, nearly half of Americans are concerned they may get sick from eating contaminated food and are avoiding items they normally would...
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Federal transportation officials announced a new rule Wednesday aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 almost exactly 12...
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A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding.Wednesday’s...
made popular Jul 16 2008
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President Bush’s top highway safety official is stepping down after leading the administration’s work on auto safety and vehicle fuel economy standards for...
made popular Jul 15 2008
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers are taking steps to end the Federal Aviation Administration’s sometimes cozy relationship with the U.S. airline industry.Several...
made popular Jul 15 2008
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Have you ever thought that the root cause behind the so-called recent terrorist attacks at different cities...
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The Russia Tower, a venture of Foster and Partners, is a pioneering vision in the world of architecture. With an incredible height of 2,009 feet, it is a tad behind...
made popular Feb 19 2008
The City of San Francisco has accepted three models for the city’s new and tallest skyscraper that will become the city’s new transit terminal. The terminal...
made popular Aug 9 2007
Think big! It is a generation old penchant of humankind and engineers have been doing just that for thousands of years by constructing skyscrapers. But the extreme love...
made popular Dec 23 2006
Residence of future! Hold your breath can be 13,000 ft tall (think of a poor man having vertigo) if the Taisei construction Corporation has their way. And how many...
made popular Nov 6 2006
Have you ever been on the top floor of one of the highest skyscrapers in the world? Even I am dying to see the view from the top and feel the air at the pinnacle....
made popular Jun 12 2006
The world is growing vertically and I sometimes feel that if I stretch myself too wide I will be getting into my neighbour’s gallery.
I know its practically...
made popular Nov 12 2005
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