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Structural engineering

A lab worker removes crane hoist from a load of rebar used to construct full-scale buildings and bridge spans that are then pushed to the limit in field tests.

This ‘earthquake lab’ is designing buildings to withstand natural disasters

Infrastructure

At Spain’s Institute of Science and Concrete Technology, engineers are trying to find ways to keep buildings and bridges from falling down. The lab is getting attention after the deadly earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in February.

Architect David Childs on One World Trade Center as Symbol of Resilience

Japan’s earthquake-resistant buildings

Environment
Loved ones separated by the U.S.-Mexico border meet at Friendship Park

Families Divided by US-Mexico Border Meet Across the Fence

Conflict & Justice
The World

North Korea’s Ryugyong ‘Hotel of Doom’

Global Politics

Meet 1WTC, New York’s New Tallest Buildling

If wind speeds aren’t prohibitive Monday, a steel column will be lifted on top of the existing framework of 1 World Trade Center, making it New York’s new tallest building. The first column of the 100th floor of 1 World Trade Center will put the tower 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building – […]

The World

Placehacking: Scaling the Building Towering Above London’s Skyline

Sports

For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for a glassy, triangular building that rises up more than 1,000 feet, enough to make it the tallest building in the European Union.

The World

Smart Bridges

Bridges around the world are now being equipped with sensing systems designed to warn inspectors of problems and avert catastrophic bridge collapses.

The Conservative Divide Over the Border Fence

The extension of border fences has been a hot topic at recent GOP presidential debates. Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann has signed a pledge urging the completion of a fence by by 2013. Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain also supports a full-border fence, but he  backed away from his comments over the weekend that the fence should […]

The Gulf’s Other Deep Sea Wealth

Scientists make a discovery near the seabed oil gusher. Temple University biology professor Erik Cordes talks about the giant deepwater reef recently found in the Gulf of Mexico.