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How terrorist attacks are being studied to make buildings safer – video

http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2015/jul/16/terrorism-buildings-design-architecture-how-world-trade-collapse-911-...

July 15, 2015

Devastating terrorist attacks which cause structures to collapse are helping researchers come up with safer building plans. The 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre, as well as the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, are just two which have been studied at the University of New South Wales to help researchers in their quest for more stable structures.

Catastrophic Science is a series produced by the University of New South Wales

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