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Earthquake-resistant paint could help brick buildings survive tremors

Plants still stand on the balcony of a destroyed building in downtown Port-au-Prince where widespread looting is taking place on January 18, 2010, six days after an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the open-ended Richter scale hit the Haitian capital.Brick buildings could be made more earthquake resilient with a glass fibre paint. It improves their overall strength and helps them flex during shakes

from Technology – New Scientist https://ift.tt/2NCPDkd
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