The NEES@UC San Diego shake table, at 25-by-40 feet, can simulate the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. (Photo provided/NEES). Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The biggest outdoor shake ...

Researchers shook a five-story building in a simulation to test the post-earthquake and fire performance of the building and many of its contents on Tuesday, April 17, at the University of California ...

Structural engineers at UC San Diego were waiting to see how a tall building, made from recycled steel, would react in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake shake table was ready to go as the ...

Just weeks after Shake Shack launched its fancy new white truffle menu, the burger chain is adding white tablecloths to the mix. Shake Shack is celebrating its latest truffle offerings with "The ...

In California, earthquakes are commonplace, but with the possibility of the ‘Big One’ always looming, the state’s authorities are doing all they can to prepare for it. This week saw the construction ...

Three 14- by 14-foot, 27-ton table platens were lifted and placed onto their base mats in the University of Nevada, Reno's new Earthquake Engineering Laboratory as the installation of equipment in the ...

When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck San Francisco in 1989, it gutted the Marina neighborhood. While part of that was due to liquefaction effects caused by the area’s underlying landfill ...

For a chain leading with "shake" in the title, Shake Shack's milkshakes had better be good. Happily, they totally are, ...