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Huge asteroid will pass and narrowly miss Earth

A massive asteroid will soon pass near Earth but, fortunately, without causing a collision. The 2006 QQ23 asteroid with a diameter of 570 meters, will approach Earth on August 10, according to NASA....

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Keller's Geotechnical Construction Companies to Combine

Effective January 1, 2020, North America Keller companies McKinney Drilling, Bencor, Case Atlantic, Case Foundation, Hayward Baker, HJ Foundation, Keller Canada, and Moretrench will join together and...

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Heavy rainfalls struck Japan: Over 1 million people affected

More than 1 million people are advised to evacuate their residences in Japanese southwestern Kyushu Island after heavy rainfalls have caused floods and landslides and the situation may deteriorate in...

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Announcing the launch of the new Geoengineer.org Website!

We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new Geoengineer.org website. The new State of the Art website does not just have a beautiful design, a modern architecture and new content. It a...

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Magnetism found in Earth's mantle

New evidence come to challenge the current belief that the Earth's mantle is regarded as non-magnetic domain. The study was recently published in Nature Journal and demonstrates that hematite (Fe₂O₃)...

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Fine's GEO5 version 12 has been released!

The latest edition, March 2011, of Fine's Ltd. E-Newsletter has been published. For more information read here!

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"Geo-Trends Review" seventh issue is published!

GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the seventh issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine.  The seventh issue was just distributed...

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What is geotechnical engineering? People in the streets answer

Let's see a wide range of answers about how common people perceive the term "geotechnics." Geotechnical engineering involves numerous scientific fields including soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeol...

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Jean-Louis Briaud, past President of ISSMGE & Geo-Institute, running for President of ASCE

Jean-Louis Briaud, a geotechnical Professor at Texas A&M is running for President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). It is not often that a geotechnical engineer is running for Pr...

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Dr. Nabil Abou-Rahme Joins Bentley Systems as Chief Research Officer

Bentley Systems has announced, at the Future Insfrastructure Symposium, that Dr. Nabil Abou-Rahme has joined Bentley as chief research officer for Bentley Institute’s Digital Advancement Academies....

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