Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I was a kid, I discovered a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip that posed one of my own burning questions: How do they know the ...

In Rwanda, there are two seasons: wet and dry. In the wet seasons, rivers can become life threatening. In Ruhango, the Rurumanza River connects two districts with a market on one side and a school on ...

Architect Masoud Akbarzadeh and research assistant Boyu Xiao of the Weitzman School of Design, along with collaborators including Yao Lu of Jefferson University, defied conventional engineering by ...

Aging infrastructure is a major issue in the U.S. with nearly 50 percent of bridges considered in poor condition—nearly 12 percent are over 80 years old; 42 percent are over 50. Many have high volumes ...

Five years ago, a team of students from Cornell Engineers Without Borders decided to build a bridge in Bolivia. What had started as a trip to assess the water sanitation quality in Calcha, a small ...

From towering skyscrapers that redefine city skylines to intricate bridges spanning vast waterways, these documentaries offer a behind-the-scenes look at the ingenuity and creativity that drive ...

There are fresh concerns over the structural integrity of Hobart's new Bridgewater Bridge, with one expert who worked on the project suggesting it could eventually lead to a need to reduce traffic ...

Jim Costigan, a Modjeski & Masters engineer who lives in New Orleans, went with a team sent by the National Steel Bridge Alliance in May to build a suspension bridge in Ruhango. He said that the ...