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Rock the House

US News | Science Discoveries by U.S. News and World Report

Sep 18, 20091:30Science & Medicine

Stanford engineers and others have created a structural design that lets buildings rock during earthquakes, then correct themselves when the shaking stops, confining damage to replaceable steel "fuses."

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Rock the House is an episode from US News | Science Discoveries by U.S. News and World Report. Stanford engineers and others have created a structural design that lets buildings rock during earthquakes, then correct themselves when the shak...

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Published Sep 18, 2009, 1:30 long, audio available.