Engineering failures supply a substantial amount to discuss, but also of interest are those quirky details of why something was designed a certain way. <BR><BR>An ...

Many large-scale government technology initiatives are failing due to an exodus of qualified systems engineers away from the public sector to private industry. An in-depth analysis of the problem ...

With federal elections scheduled for late September in Germany, momentum is building behind using anti-botnet laws against automated social-media accounts that churn out disinformation. Read now ...

“Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. Lot of good data to review.” With these few sentences, Elon Musk summarized the wake of SpaceX’s ninth Starship test ...

In recent months, disasters are unfortunately on the minds of too many Americans. The loss of life and infrastructure are overwhelming and we all pray that new lessons are learned to help prevent ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Just weeks after defending emergency response times for the fire department, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa promised on Monday to come up with answers for why the LAPD dispatch system ...

Insight into Hurricane Katrina told by those who lived through it. How systemic failures from local and national government agencies helped throw the disaster into overdrive. How responses to national ...

Zachary del Rosario receives funding from the National Science Foundation and Toyota Research Institute. Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge ...