Archaeologists using Ground Penetrating Radar have detected a buried Viking Ship beneath a field in this country. The anomaly was discovered using radar scans and the ship seems to be about 66 feet long and buried about 2 feet below the surface. Its keel and floor timbers are intact although precisely how much of [...]
Bamboo scaffolding is used around the world, but nowhere does it stand out more than in this location, where the majority of scaffolding is bamboo. It may look low tech. but bamboo is a perfect scaffold material, being strong, straight, lightweight, cheap and renewable. Many famous landmarks, notably The Great Wall of China, were [...]
Why inspect tanks? Why indeed. On January 15, 1919, a crowded section of this city was rocked by a massive tidal wave, not of water but of molasses. The spill occurred when a holding tank lost structural integrity and burst. Over two-million gallons of sticky, brown syrup inundated the city’s streets, killed citizens and horses, [...]
Nowadays ship hull diagnostics are carried out in dry-docks or using divers. Both technologies are time consuming, labor and material resource demanding. Specialists from this country's university have developed a diagnostics system that allows the ship'shull inspection to be performed without using a dry-dock or divers. The system includes the following main elements: aremotely [...]
Mortars used in the two-color sgraffito, dating back to 17th century, were investigated to fully characterize the material and to evaluate the state of its preservation. The non-destructive tests carried out comprised thermal imaging and ground penetrating radar. These tests revealed the inner structure and mineralogical composition of the decoration. The results reveal the [...]
The discovery of an oil leak in a field off the coast of this country will test the country's judicial system and its oil industry regulatory process. The leak was discovered in the Roncador field which lies alongside Chevron's Frade field. This was the scene of two spills that occurred in the past few years [...]
