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In this interview, Professor Raúl Alvarez Medel, a structural engineer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, explains the science behind the construction of resilient structures capable of ...

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Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have devised two mathematical tools considered to be a major contribution to the optimal design of a new generation of deformable bridges, ...