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Applications for the 2026 Kim de Rubertis Student Scholarship Awards are NOW OPEN!

To foster career paths for young professionals, the USSD Scholarship Award program looks to award undergraduate and graduate students in the field of dams, levees, and water resources; and provide op...

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Transforming Waste into High-Value Biomaterials: The ABEL Project

In the Netherlands, a new research consortium is pioneering technologies to convert low-grade organic waste into durable, reusable biomaterials. The initiative, called ABEL (Ab-initio Biowaste Loop),...

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Artificial Ground Freezing: Applications, Techniques, and Key Considerations

Artificial Ground Freezing (AGF) is a temporary ground improvement technique widely applied in tunneling, shaft sinking, and underground construction below the water table. The method involves loweri...

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Hidden Faults Offer Clues to Slow Earthquakes in New Zealand

A recent international study has provided new insight into the phenomenon of “slow earthquakes” along the Hikurangi subduction zone off New Zealand’s North Island. Researchers identified previously h...

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Artificial Ground Freezing as a Tool in Urban Tunnelling

The construction of cross passages along High Speed 2’s (HS2) London tunnels represents the most extensive application of artificial ground freezing (AGF) in the UK. These cross passages, typically 5...

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Deep Rift Beneath the Himalayas: Indian Plate Splitting and the Implications

A major geophysical study unveiled at the AGU conference has confirmed that the Indian Plate is undergoing delamination. Seismic data, combined with helium isotope readings from thermal springs in so...

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Rock Mass Classification Systems: A Global Review of Use and Dominant Approaches

Rock mass classification systems (RMCS) have been a cornerstone of geotechnical engineering practice since the mid-20th century. Designed to provide a structured way of categorizing geological format...

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Cologne Archive Collapse: How a 0.6m Void Led to Germany’s Costliest Construction Failure

On 3 March 2009, a sudden collapse of the Cologne City Archives building and two adjacent residential structures occurred during the construction of the North-South metro line. The collapse, which c...

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Building Tunnels Responsibly: A Dual Approach to Risk

As we live in an era where tunnelling and underground technologies are rapidly gaining traction worldwide, it becomes increasingly essential to address the environmental and geo-structural challenges...

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Scientific Advances in Core-Surface Material Exchange and Their Significance in Mineral Exploration

New geochemical evidence has confirmed that the Earth's core may not be as geologically sealed as once believed. Recent studies analyzing lava from hotspot volcanoes, particularly in Hawaii, have det...

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