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How a civil engineer uses his bass guitar to test flood resiliency
How a civil engineer uses his bass guitar to test flood resiliency

When a crucial piece to his dike safety experiment didn’t arrive, civil engineer Juan Aguilar-López decided to improvise. He used his bass guitar and amp to create sound vibrations that could be detected by light emitting fibre optic senors. Through this experiment, Aguilar-López could inspect the dikes, measuring water pressure and detecting where the dikes might be vulnerable to a breach.

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The Great Escape: 30 years later, tunnels under Berlin Wall open to the public
The Great Escape: 30 years later, tunnels under Berlin Wall open to the public

Marking the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, a symbol that long-represented the stark divide with communist-led East Germany, a newly discovered escape tunnel was opened to the public in November 2019.

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The most talked-about engineering and geoscience stories of 2019
The most talked-about engineering and geoscience stories of 2019

A spinal micro-implant that helps paralysis patients regain motor functions. A coal processing plant now serving as a solar power facility. A liquid polymer that can move and grab objects. These are five of the most talked about engineering and geoscience stories of 2019.

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