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NTNU demonstrates autonomous remote inspection of seabed gas pipelines in Norway

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have demonstrated autonomous inspection of seabed gas pipeline infrastructure using small, low-cost unmanned vessels operated r...

Foundations and carbon capture come together at landmark UK power project

Construction is advancing on NZT Power in Teesside, a 742 MW gas-fired power station designed to become the world's first commercial-scale facility of its type with integrated carbon capture and stora...

85 ft drilling rig topples at Miami tower site, injuring four

Four people were taken to hospital after an 85 ft drilling rig overturned during soil improvement works at the site of Citadel's planned global headquarters in Miami on 14 September.The rig fell from...

USD100bn Louisiana spaceport plan brings industrial-scale launch infrastructure to the Gulf Coast

SpaceX has announced plans for a USD100bn spaceport across 125,000 acres in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, setting out a project that would combine launch pads, propellant production, power generation,...

MIMIC project combines InSAR satellite data with structural models for infrastructure monitoring

The MIMIC project, a Demonstrator project funded by NWO (the Dutch Research Council), is developing an integrated monitoring approach that combines Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) sat...

Delhi hostel collapse death toll rises to seven as repair works face scrutiny

The death toll from the Satya Niketan building collapse in New Delhi has risen to seven, including five students and two labourers, as the police investigation widens into the building owners, paying...

Concrete's natural CO₂ absorption offsets less than 10% of cement industry emissions, UCLA study finds

A UCLA-led study published in Communications Sustainability, a Nature Portfolio journal, has found that concrete's natural absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is insufficient in both rate...

CFD modelling shows where bridge scour risk really develops

Computational fluid dynamics modelling is being used to improve bridge scour assessment across the rail network, helping engineers identify where erosion risk is actually developing around bridge foun...

Lund University develops branched nanowire led to reduce light trapping losses

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new type of light-emitting diode based on thin branched nanowires, designed to achieve significantly higher efficiency and lower production costs compar...

UC Berkeley develops hydrodynamic digital twin for Pajaro River flood risk management

UC Berkeley researchers are developing a hydrodynamic digital twin of the Lower Pajaro River Valley as part of the Pajaro Hydro-Twin Project, an initiative aimed at helping residents, policymakers, a...

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