Preparing Boston for the "big one"
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
After tracking seismic shifts, researchers say a major quake may occur off the coast of Istanbul.
Results show a rupture of the San Andreas Fault could generate three times more shaking in Los Angeles than surrounding regions.
Researchers find immense heating at high pressures helps spread intermediate-depth quakes.
Low-cost camera targeted for first responders, military
Deformation caused by colliding tectonic plates may threaten Azerbaijani capital, oil supplies to Europe.
A series of focused efforts in disaster resiliency
Project prepares for year two in its response to Japan's disaster.
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.
Japan’s nuclear meltdowns provide valuable lessons for the design of future nuclear powerplants.
$100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability Awarded to Dr. Elizabeth Hausler for Culturally Accepted, Sustainable Reconstruction in Developing Countries