NEW YORK-- A fundamental inspection error may have led to the partial collapse of a building in the Bronx this week. The person allegedly responsible for the error ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Park Service says engineers are resuming their inspection of the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument. The team was to continue its rappelling work Monday. Work was ...

When it comes to inspecting old structures that may be damaged by water and salts, an engineer can rarely rely on visual inspection to provide enough information to justify a declaration that a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MORRIS HEIGHTS, the Bronx (PIX11) – New York ...

Wafer breakage is the most serious impact of killer crystalline defects. About 0.1 to 0.2% of silicon wafers break. The higher the number of wafer breakages, the slower the time to market. Given the ...

ST. LOUIS (Feb. 29, 2012) -- As the infrastructure in the U.S. gets older, structural materials deteriorate due to weather, loads and damage through usage. The ability to perform critical and detailed ...