Abstract: This study investigates the minimum thickness requirements for two-way slabs, focusing on their effectiveness in controlling deflection under service loads. Using finite element analysis in ...

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Open source language models are crucial to AI innovation. Can open robotics models do the same for physical machines?

Researchers develop a porous material that expands the applicability of the crystalline sponge method. (Nanowerk News) A new metal–organic framework (MOF), APF-80, enables the crystalline sponge ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) enables en bloc resection for early gastrointestinal malignancies but is technically ...

In our conversation, Suleyman told me what he was trying to get across in that TED Talk, why he really believes SCAI is a ...

Structural genomics projects aim to solve the experimental structures of all possible protein folds. Such projects entail a conceptual shift from traditional structural biology in which structural ...

Structural Shifts Setting a New Floor Goldman analysts argue that copper is moving toward a permanent revaluation rather than a cyclical rebound. Years of underinvestment and slower mine approvals ...

SINCE its original publication about five years ago, this work has proved itself a very valuable introduction to the basic conceptions and principles of structural theory as related to trusses, rigid ...

The 97th Academy Awards took place Sunday night. The 2025 Oscars honored the best in cinema from the past year Sunday night. The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, ended with "Anora" taking ...

The infamous ship Endurance, which sank in Antarctica in 1915, wasn't as well built for a polar voyage as previously thought — and its owner was likely aware of its shortcomings. Explorer Ernest ...