Bacteria could be used to help steady buildings against earthquakes, according to researchers at UC Davis. The microbes can literally convert loose, sandy soil into rock. When a major earthquake strikes, deep, sandy soils can turn to liquid, with disastrous consequences for buildings sitting on them.
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giant tsunamis, it s best to bring them down to size. that s what these waves and this scale version of the town of seaside, oregon, are all about. when engineers pounded it with a tsunami they learned something really surprising. more on that in a moment. you might be surprised to learn that tsunamis are a looming threat for the west coast of the u.s. the likelihood of having a tsunami here on our coast is one in seven chance in the next 50 years of having a tsunami. that s huge. dan cox is director of the lab at oregon state, a part of the national science foundation s network for earthquake engineering simulation. in the field they see the before and after. this allows us to see the during. a wave breaks off the coast.