As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to ...

BENGALURU: Will buildings without occupancy certificates (OCs) and completion certificates (CCs) be given water and power connections? This issue will be discussed at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, ...

Officials said that Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Fla., had intentionally set a fire that rekindled a week later into a devastating blaze that killed 12 people. By Shawn Hubler and Jill ...

Fears are mounting that a 749-foot-tall Los Angeles skyscraper could collapse if a historic earthquake eventually strikes the city. Officials have refused to release seismic reports which detail the ...

How Did These Weird Steel Structures Defend London? During the Second World War, the City of London was a major target for both naval and aerial bombardment. In 1943, numerous towers were built in the ...

Zach Cregger’s sprawling horror film “Weapons” raises a lot of questions. What made the 17 children get out of bed at 2:17 a.m. and run into the night? Where did they go? Who was responsible? And why ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Running any horse at Saratoga Race Course, particularly in a stakes race, brings pressure. But when Melanie Giddings entered Leon Blue in the Rick Violette Stakes on July 17th, the ...

Can the American military maintain deterrence in East Asia without fixing its shipbuilding? The U.S. Navy’s fleet is rusting and shrinking, while China’s grows. Last week, new data showed Chinese ...

President Donald Trump’s 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs made domestic production more lucrative. But higher prices will cause hardship throughout the manufacturing sector. President Donald Trump’s ...

ABSTRACT: The southern region of Saudi Arabia exhibits a distinct seismic profile shaped by the Red Sea Rift and local fault systems, necessitating rigorous seismic hazard evaluations and tailored ...