Support from the National Science Foundation helps civil engineers like Ben Schafer improve building codes and develop more ...

Architects in earthquake zones are increasingly using ... reducing the cost of building resilient homes. “It’s about building homes that people feel safe leaving during an evacuation order ...

In cities, any rise - low-, medium- or high-rise - building residents need to insist on earthquake-resilient, formally approved design, before buying apartments. Building codes Authorities must ...

In a recent study, Dr. Maria Koliou and other Texas A&M University researchers investigated the potential benefits of ...

Prone to major earthquakes that trigger fires and tsunamis, Japan has become a world leader in building disaster-resilient communities. Three experts in public policy and urban development told ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 jolted Tibet on Saturday. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the ...

Three earthquakes jolted Tibet on Thursday according to National Center for Seismology. The latest one in the series was an ...

Reports for three school districts in southeast Missouri indicate most school buildings aren't earthquake-resistant. Some ...

The region is prone to seismic activity due to tectonic plate collisions, with earthquakes regularly impacting the area.

Affordable base isolation technology developed to protect buildings in earthquake-prone areas, making seismic-resistant ...

Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.