In Boulder, Colo. last week, Roger M. Gallet, a physicist for the National Bureau of Standards, exuberantly described the most dramatic experiment of his career. Said he: “It was like this: whop and ...

This work involved the structural optimization of precast concrete rigid frames with semi-rigid beam-to-column connections. To this end, several frames were simulated numerically using the Finite ...

Reshoring meant to prevent concrete slab deflection under its own weight, similar to that shown in this photo of another project above, became a point of controversy among the Philadelphia hotel ...

Let's break down the process of drawing shear and moment diagrams for a beam, focusing on the specific example designated as 7-59. This involves understanding the forces and moments acting on the beam ...

Sarah Kim, exhibition manager for Currents New Media, bends and manipulates rays of light in the installation Memory Planes on Wednesday in El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe in the Railyard. The piece was ...

In an age dominated by scrolling and swiping, brain teasers have carved out their own niche as addictive digital puzzles that keep users thinking. These riddles aren’t just for fun—they tap into our ...

In this paper, two efficient elements for analyzing thin plate bending are proposed. They are a triangular element (THS) and a quadrilateral element (QHS), which have 9 and 12 degrees of freedom, ...

While Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem is one of my favorite science fiction books, it never seemed like something that should or even could be adapted into something like a movie or TV show. But ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The show, which revolves around telegenic scientists, apocalyptic events and strange galactic phenomena, is ...