A new lightweight substance is as strong as wood yet lacks its standard vulnerabilities to fire and water. To create the synthetic wood, scientists took a solution of polymer resin and added a ...

Scientists produce simulated earthquakes to test how well common building materials and critical infrastructure such as power lines can withstand a quake’s power.

Paint could help reinforce buildings A lick of paint could help make brick houses earthquake resistant . The paint is made with glass fibres and improves the strength of a building, as well as its ...

For the first time, scientists say they have proof that some Texas earthquakes are man made.

In a new study, a team of researchers used research on fossilizing techniques to create a new method for sealing cracks and fractures in rocks and bedrock using a “concretion-forming resin ...

Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) who set out to create a material that can be used on buildings to make the walls and columns stronger have come up with a wrap that is not ...