This test drops the world’s heaviest 4-inch cube from 150 feet onto solid concrete. Made from extremely dense material, the cube concentrates massive force into a very small area. Several drops are ...

However, NGD faces several challenges associated with gamma-ray generation and attenuation complexities. Unlike GGD, which utilizes 0.662 MeV monoenergetic γ rays from a 137 Cs source, NGD employs ...

1 College of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. 2 Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. The underwater ...

PONTA DELGADA, Azores – A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle continues to barrel across the Atlantic toward the islands and European coastline as a monster ...

Bullion dealers and pawn shop owners require appropriate tools to ensure they are providing their customers with pure gold, silver, and other precious metals. Several analytical methods are used to ...

Soil compaction alters soil structure, reduces soil air permeability, and adversely impacts crop growth. However, the rapid field detection of soil compaction remains a significant technical challenge ...

Creep is a critical mechanical property essential for materials intended for components and structures that operate under sustained loads at elevated temperatures over extended periods. Traditionally, ...

The IRT Jules Verne and its partners Airbus, Axiome, Daher, Testia and CEA List have just completed the Fantom project, a collaborative programme devoted to the automation of non-destructive testing ...

1 International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia 2 Departamento de Producción Agraria, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas (ETSIAAB), ...

From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive. When a downburst’s winds hit the ground, they shoot out horizontally ...