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A day after a deadly earthquake struck Mexico City, University of Nevada scientists mimicked quakes to test new bridge designs developed to help the structures better withstand violent temblors. The engineers on Wednesday rattled a 100-ton, 70-foot (21-meter) bridge model …

There aren’t very many rooms in the world that can successfully reproduce the devastating effects of an earthquake. But come May 1, a laboratory on the University of Alabama campus may be able to do just that. Work is under …