Fire scientists optimized the safest design for high-risk fire zones. Now, some California developments are starting to put ...

Los Angeles once banned skyscrapers, yet City Hall broke the height limit and proved high-rise buildings could be engineered ...

Built from a simple bamboo structure, these one-room homes provide a new blueprint for resilient disaster housing.

Ancient structures like Göbekli Tepe and the pyramids of Giza have endured seismic activity for thousands of years. Their ...

Some of California’s biggest earthquakes have occurred on lesser-known fault areas, including both the Ridgecrest quake and ...

Learn how seismic-resilient bridge design uses advanced materials, curved geometry modeling, shape memory alloys, and performance-based methods to reduce earthquake damage and downtime.

Taholah School District and the Quinault Indian Nation are constructing a new kindergarten through 12th grade, earthquake-proof, school ...

A company is building homes in the Inland Empire that can withstand some of the most massive earthquakes and wildfires.

In Wajima, Japan, where hundreds of homes and studios were destroyed, master-class artisans are struggling to keep lacquer ...

Building homes and commercial structures for an era of deadlier storms requires a multi-pronged approach including the use of ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...