In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast of the United States, leaving in its wake flattened dunes, chewed-up boardwalks, washed-out roads, twisted carnival rides, tangled power lines, sodden furniture and toppled cabanas. Scenes from…
West Virginia Road Damage Tops $46 Million
CHARLESTON—The West Virginia Division of Highways announces that road damage from recent flooding now totals $46,859,290. More than a dozen contractors…
CDC Urges Use of Proven Strategies to Decrease Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities
About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison countries.…
Building Resilient Cities Key to Tackling Effects of Climate Change
The EEA report ‘Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016 – transforming cities in a changing climate’ provides an in-depth overview of actions that urban planners and policymakers can take to help lessen the impact of climate change. The report…
U of Iowa Unveils New ATV Virtual Reality Simulator
A new virtual reality simulator will help University of Iowa researchers study how and why people lose control while driving all-terrain vehicles. In Iowa, more than 200 ATV-related crashes occur every year, sending patients to emergency departments across…
Data Science Projects Promise to Transform Transportation
ANN ARBOR—On-demand, driverless public buses. Data-driven accident avoidance systems. "Smart" traffic systems that dramatically reduce emissions and congestion. Two new data science projects at the University of Michigan are working toward making these systems…
San Andreas Fault System Shows Sign of Large-Scale Motion
An array of GPS instruments near the San Andreas Fault System in Southern California detects constant motion of Earth’s crust—sometimes large, sudden motion during an earthquake and often subtle, creeping motion. By carefully analyzing the data recorded…
Concrete Research Council to Fund Four Research Projects
Farmington Hills, Mich., June 21, 2016—The Concrete Research Council (CRC) has announced that it will provide research grants to four projects this year. The CRC is a council of the American Concrete Institute’s nonprofit subsidiary, the ACI Foundation.…
Autodesk Announces New Developer Offerings and Investments to Fuel Forge Platform
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2016 — Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced several updates to its Forge platform, including new cloud application development tools and services and three investments at Forge DevCon, the company’s inaugural event for…
Researchers Shed New Light on Himalayan Earthquakes
MISSOULA, Mont.—A University of Montana researcher is part of a team whose research is breaking ground on the complexity of earthquakes and the possibility to forecast them. Rebecca Bendick, who works in UM's Department of Geosciences, used GPS records of…
