A team of researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan, and the French National ...
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Why bridges secretly move (and what happens if they can’t)

Even structures that seem perfectly still are constantly moving due to changes in temperature. This phenomenon, called thermal expansion, forces engineers to design bridges, railways, pipelines, and ...
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In Scotland, boats don’t climb locks one by one. Instead, they enter a rotating wheel that lifts them 35 meters into the air in minutes. The Falkirk Wheel replaced an entire staircase of 15 locks with ...
MONO COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in a picturesque California county along the Nevada state border has damaged 15 structures, prompted evacuations and forced the closure of part of a ...