A new technology has been developed that can rapidly predict city-scale structural damage even when portions of satellite imagery are obscured by clouds or smoke immediately after a disaster.

The field of engineering evolves daily. The marvels of engineering far outweigh the failures/disasters. These failures and/or disasters result when engineers and designers push boundaries by building ...

The world mourns for Japan in the aftermath of its 8.9 earthquake. The size of the quake and the tsunami that followed raise questions about just how far human engineering can resist catastrophic ...

Engineering fails usually bring to mind collapsed bridges, unstable buildings, and expensive disasters that nobody wants to repeat. Most design mistakes are repaired, demolished, or quietly forgotten.

Engineering has built the most spectacular wonders of the modern world, but what happens when the technology that people trust their lives with fails? Premiering on HISTORY Saturday, April 11 at 10 PM ...