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 ...

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego and Johns Hopkins University tested a 10-story, cold-framed steel building for seismic safety on Monday morning. The 10-story ...

Tara Hutchinson, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Structural Engineering, is the lead researcher on a series of tests on a 10-story, cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego ...

Drivers on Interstate 15 may have noticed smoke near Pomerado Road this morning. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it was part of a UC San Diego study on how fire spreads through ...

Watch: Researchers at UC San Diego tested a 10-story building on an earthquake simulator Researchers at UC San Diego simulated a 6.9 earthquake to see if this 10-story building would hold its ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) - Portland State University researchers are testing a brand-new way to protect buildings during earthquakes. They simulated an earthquake using a massive mobile field shaker known ...