Almost anytime physicists announce that they’ve discovered a new particle, whether it’s the Higgs boson or the recently bagged double-charm tetraquark, what they’ve actually spotted is a small bump ...
Who among us, really, hasn't crossed a bridge and at least paused over the disconcerting possibility that the structure might collapse into free fall? But the 50,000 bridges in Texas and 600,000 spans ...
In this month's issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catastrophic ...