29930 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://phys.org/news/2021-11-late-devastating-consequences-natural-disasters.htmlin North America. Earthquakes have posed a major threat to infrastructure. Damage caused by earthquakes has led to the development and evolution of building codes designed to withstand or minimize damage to buildings. This is known as seismic design , and takes into consideration the magnitude and frequency of earthquakes in a particular region.2021-11-08T15:26+0100phys-f4d73831794104d7435e0e931756c65b20211108152600https://todayheadline.co/microreactors-could-replace-diesel-enable-renewables-report-says/An up-and-coming type of nuclear reactor could help answer these questions while providing a foundation for renewable energy, if the fledgling technology can survive some growing pains, according to a new report by researchers at Idaho National Laboratory.2021-11-08T11:12+0100todayheadline-ce7a2ca1e2ad185464c4c5f2ef79b4e520211108111200https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/11/07/29281Bruno Lemarquis is the UN’s Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG), and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti. He’s been talking to UN News about the earthquake response and reconstruction process. “Haiti is currently making global headlines for all the wrong reasons....2021-11-08T09:54+0100globalissues-ba196f213a1a02d29eabc26f58f9728920211108095400https://www.technology.org/2021/11/08/microreactors-could-replace-diesel-enable-renewables-report-says/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TechnologyOrg+%28Technology+Org+-+All+News%29When it comes to reducing carbon emissions, energy experts have developed solutions for some big challenges. Innovations in battery and charging technologies, for example, have positioned electric vehicles well for tomorrow’s transportation industry. And, light water, small modular and advanced....2021-11-08T09:25+0100technology-82aad8810f26e5fa303c0fcd3d9a010f20211108092500