The District of Columbia and the Washington Commanders National Football League team struck a deal to redevelop a 180-acre riverfront parcel with a nearly $3.7-billion mixed-use program centered around a new 65,000-seat stadium that proponents…
Category: Engineering
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Failed Soviet Venus lander set for fiery re-entry to earth next month
Half a century after its launch, Kosmos 482 — the doomed Soviet Venus probe that that never made it beyond Earth orbit — is making headlines again.
The super tough venus lander is making an uncontrolled reentry to the earth in the coming…
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Walsh Sues Travelers For Property Damage Coverage on California Streetcar Project
In an example of the complexity of additional insured clauses and claims, Walsh Construction Co. has sued insurer Travelers for several hundred thousand dollars, for allegedly refusing to pay lawsuit costs on a property claim from a light-rail…
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US Navy Selects 12 Firms for $990M Indo-Pacific IDIQ Contract Project Awards
The U.S. Navy has picked 12 bidders to compete for task orders under a combined $990-million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple-award construction contract covering a variety of infrastructure projects at locations across the…
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Retina scans may reveal genetic risk for schizophrenia, study suggests
Eyes have long been called a window to the world — but new research suggests they may also reveal the state of a person’s mental health.
New study by a team of international researchers from the University of Zurich and the University…
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Bolivia’s zombie volcano shows signs of life after 250,000-year silence
High in the Central Andes, a geological enigma lies dormant.
Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia hasn’t erupted in over 250,000 years. It is also known as a “zombie” volcano because it still exhibits unsettling signs of life, like earthquakes…
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Watch China’s humanoid robot walk like human after smart training
Meet Adam, a cutting-edge humanoid robot with a proprietary reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm.
Refined through extensive simulations and vast training data, this innovative algorithm enables Adam to master human-like locomotion.
Since its…
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Artificial leaf to make unlimited fuel from thin air and sunlight
Researchers have made an outstanding step towards sustainable energy solutions after they developed an artificial leaf capable of converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuels and other valuable chemicals using sunlight alone.
The team of…
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Scientists build world’s first black hole bomb inside lab
Physicists in the UK have created the first-ever laboratory version of a black hole bomb, replicating a decades-old theoretical phenomenon where energy around a spinning black hole builds up and triggers an explosive release.
The research…
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US Navy chief warns China outpacing US at sea, plans dual-use ships
In his ongoing diplomatic visit to Japan, US Navy Secretary John Phelan warned that China is outpacing the United States and its allies in shipbuilding.
Phelan said that China is making ships at a rate that threatens to tilt the global…
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