MEXICO CITY -- The Mexico City elevated subway line that collapsed this week, killing 25 people, was problem-plagued and poorly designed from the day of its inauguration in 2012, but few expected it ...
Consider a powerful parallel between the advancements made during the Renaissance and the developments made by today’s engineers. The Renaissance was a uniquely fertile era. Its ethos of curiosity and ...
From Henry Ford’s Willow Run plant, where he has been doing engineering research, Charles Augustus Lindbergh moved on a part-time basis last week to Hartford, Conn. He wants to do his high-altitude ...
THE economic side of engineering is one which the student is generally left to pick up as best he can on his way through life. Little attention is paid to it as a rule in the course of his technical ...
If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...
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