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May 29, 2013
Discovery News - Architect Joseph Bilello's experiments using the “tornado cannon” at Texas Tech University suggested that straw bales could be used to make tornado-resistant homes. The tornado cannon shoots 2x4's at up to 100 mph at structures to test their resilience to projectiles flung by a tornado. At that speed wood beats rock. The blazing-fast boards shoot though brick walls and straw bales alike.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
May 29, 2013
News on 6 - Wind engineers from Texas Tech University are also in Moore. They're reporting to FEMA about what the wind did to all of the structures--the buildings, the schools, even the storm shelters.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
May 29, 2013
Interim President Lawrence Schovanec and the Office of the President revive a tasty tradition.
May 28, 2013
MicroZap shows promise to purify water, food and improve shelf life.
tags: Academics, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College of Media and Communication, Provost, Stories