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The World’s Fastest and Tallest Water Slide is “Insane”

The Verruckt Meg-A-Blaster in Kansas is under construction and being dubbed the world’s fastest and tallest water slide, blowing away the previous records held by a 164-foot high slide in Brazil. While the exact height…

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5 Chemical Plant Explosions, The Causes & How To Avoid Future Disasters.

In perhaps one of the most dramatic videos ever, the Henderson, Nevada rocket fuel plant, supplier to the US space shuttle program, explodes in 1986, two years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. For its…

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India to Build World’s Tallest Statue

In a bid to dwarf all of the world’s most imposing statues, India has broken ground on what will be the world’s tallest statue at 182 meters (600 feet). The planned Statue of Unity will…

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Massive Solar Tower to Become the World’s Second-Tallest Building

EnviroMission’s Arizona Solar Tower Project is a breakthrough in the renewable energy field. With the capacity to generate 200MW power, enough to power 150,000 US homes, it will capture worldwide attention. The best part about…

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Colored Solar Glass Pretty, Yet Powerful Enough to Generate Electricity for an Entire Building

Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel enables…

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China’s Synthetic Gas Plants Would Choke Out 21 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

Synthetic Gas Plants being planned in China present a host of ecological worries. China’s government has permitted construction of nine such plants in northern and western China. These plants are able to generate more than…

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Algae-Powered Building Redefines Going Green

An innovative apartment block has been unveiled at the international building exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. This 15 unit apartment block – The Bio Intelligent Quotient (BIQ) house is the world’s first building that generates heat…

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Desalination Plant to Put Breakthough Nanomaterials to the Test

IndustryTap has written several articles covering desalination, its history, recent large projects and new technological advances that are making it more economically viable in many parts of the world. Advances include Lockheed Martin’s use of…

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“Super Skinny” Skyscraper Could Climb Its Way into the New York Skyline

Architects in New York have released plans for a “super skinny” skyscraper that could be erected in midtown NYC. SHoP architects, who were behind the Gotham Gateway in New York, the Atlanta Falcons Stadium and…

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World’s Largest Container Ship Debuts in Copenhagen

Triple E, the world’s largest ship, is 400 meters long, 59 meters wide, 73 meters high and has a capacity of 18,000 twenty-foot containers. Although it’s about a quarter of a mile long and is…

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Construction

The World’s Fastest and Tallest Water Slide is “Insane”

5 Chemical Plant Explosions, The Causes & How To Avoid Future Disasters.

India to Build World’s Tallest Statue

Massive Solar Tower to Become the World’s Second-Tallest Building

Colored Solar Glass Pretty, Yet Powerful Enough to Generate Electricity for an Entire Building

China’s Synthetic Gas Plants Would Choke Out 21 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

Algae-Powered Building Redefines Going Green

Desalination Plant to Put Breakthough Nanomaterials to the Test

“Super Skinny” Skyscraper Could Climb Its Way into the New York Skyline

World’s Largest Container Ship Debuts in Copenhagen

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