Your house may be missing a piece of hardware that could save lives or property damage during the next earthquake in Washington state. A seismic shut-off valve, also ...

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has proposed a regulation to require automatic shutoff valves or similar technology on new and rebuilt pipelines that carry natural gas and hazardous liquids. Under ...

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To address the persistent threat of mechanical failure, innovations in engineering design have led to the development of ...