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Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided

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Earlier this year, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US collapsed after being struck by a large container ship. Six people were killed in the disaster...

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Many physicists work for small-to-medium-sized companies that provide scientific instrumentation and services – and some have founded companies of...