Civil Engineering

‘Green industry wants to take our land’: the Arctic paradox

The Guardian: The stove gurgles as Sofia Olsson puts a chunk of wood into the fire, lifts the kettle and offers mugs of tea and grainy camp coffee to the small group reclining on reindeer skins around her. In the taiga…

Lia Li: the physicist unlocking navigation technology

Physics World: When exploring an unfamiliar place, many of us default to a rather modern method of navigation: watching a blue dot move around a map, on a screen, and course-correcting to keep it on the right track. We owe this…

Quantum gravity gradiometer makes first find outside lab

The Engineer: A quantum gravity gradiometer has been demonstrated outside the lab for the first time, an advance that could reduce construction costs and delays, predict volcanic eruptions, and discover hidden natural resources. Birmingham University researchers from the UK National Quantum…

Fracking Billionaire Harold Hamm Plans To Reverse Course And Pump Millions Of Tons Of Carbon Into The Earth

Forbes: Today in Fargo, North Dakota, at the Tharaldson Co. ethanol plant, billionaire Harold Hamm will make one of the most unusual announcements in the 50-year history of his…