The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.

Exploring the engineering principles behind the recent obstruction of the Suez Canal, which caused a weeklong disruption in global shipping traffic. I give a brief overview of the bank effect and ...

Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And ...

We are proud to continue our city's rich history in world-leading engineering, innovation and creativity. We carry out ground-breaking research. We work closely with our governmental and industrial ...

"Again, the story of churches and disasters: the Episcopal Church, which I believe was out on Grand, it was built the late 1800s. ... Interesting enough, the altar survived. There's a picture that ...

Natural disasters and severe weather cost the global economy $417 billion last year, including $154 billion for which insurers were on the hook, according to a new report. Last year was the ...

Earlier this week, in a recurring pattern of violence, dozens of Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, set fire to several vehicles and properties, injuring at least 21 ...

The question of cancelling the Oscars—of whether the pageantry is unseemly in the face of real-world catastrophe—is one that dates back to the early years of the awards. After the attack on ...

Gallagher Re’s 2024 Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report revealed that global natural disasters resulted in an estimated US$417 billion in direct economic losses last year, with insurers ...

US primary insurer Travelers has raised the retention limit of its catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) reinsurance treaty for 2025 by $500 million. The 2025 treaty, which covers the accumulation of ...

The California FAIR Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, has reported a combined exposure of approximately $4.8 billion due to the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires in the Los Angeles area ...

“In leaving the WHO, we put the whole world—but most particularly ourselves—at higher risk of health catastrophes.” Over the past decade, the U.S. has provided the WHO between $160 million ...