The FINANCIAL — Devastating earthquakes are a global phenomenon, as anyone in Nepal, Japan, or Indonesia can tell you. The consequences can be crushing: human lives are lost and confusion in everyday ...

Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

On September 20, a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico’s capital city. Most of the approximately 230 deaths weren’t from the original movement of the ground, however—in this quake, as in ...

The powerful earthquake struck suddenly, shaking the seven-story building so hard it bent, cracked and swayed in response. The powerful earthquake struck suddenly, shaking the seven-story building so ...

The magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck central Italy this week has so far resulted in the deaths of at least 250 people. Victims range in age from infants to pensioners and it is a tragedy that we ...

Where can you find some of the latest insights in designing earthquake-resistant buildings joined together with current information on building codes? As part of its support for the National ...

University of Texas researchers have been awarded a $13.7 million federal grant to develop a software platform and other cyber tools to help engineers construct buildings, levees, bridges, highways ...

As our urban centers become more densely populated, engineers are continuously looking to maximize this space by building upward rather than outward. As a result, we’ve seen massive skyscrapers sprout ...

Can a futuristic "green city" survive one of the most dangerous earthquake zones on Earth? Welcome to Asman, Kyrgyzstan’s $20 billion mega-project near the UNESCO-protected Lake Issyk-Kul. Designed to ...

(TNS) -- University of Texas researchers have been awarded a $13.7 million federal grant to develop a software platform and other cybertools to help engineers construct buildings, levees, bridges, ...