Lichen is an understated presence in our everyday world, often found clinging to trees and rocks. Its true beauty lies in its unique symbiotic system of fungi and algae, or cyanobacteria, that form a ...

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That's the vision behind the latest research ...

With the Eaton and Palisades fires fresh in our memories, we’ve seen how fire can cost precious lives and billions of dollars ...

Structures exposed to extreme ... eventually result in major failures." Concrete, one of the most widely used building materials, is highly vulnerable to heat degradation. Prolonged high temperatures ...

Odisha's sweltering heatwave affects urban structures as NASA observes thermal stress. IMD warns, while experts call for ...

Pune's infrastructure is showing signs of strain as temperatures consistently exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Architects and ...

In reservoirs subjected to multi-stage petroleum charges, thermal cracking might not occur in situ and, therefore, complicate the accurate evaluation of cracking within a petroleum mixture. The ...

One of the entrances at Montreal's Place-des-Arts Metro station is being closed to repair cracks in the concrete slab and ... found that the proportion of STM structures in a state of disrepair ...

Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315200, P. R. China CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern ...

The cracking of concrete pavement under different low-temperature conditions is simulated in this article through experiments conducted using high and low-temperature test chambers under the same ...

In a groundbreaking move to protect forests and curb illegal activities, Punjab has become the first province in the country to implement round-the-clock satellite-based thermal imaging surveillance.

Wassim Ghannoum researches the design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures. TxDOT funded Ghannoum’s research to find a way to take CFRP repair to the next level. Instead of using sheets by ...