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Published online 22 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040719-15
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Earthquake-proof housing gets shake-up
Mexican project brings the house down in quest for safer buildings.
In a giant lab in Mexico, Sergio Alcocer is shaking buildings beyond breaking point, in a bid to find the recipe for affordable housing that stands up to frequent earthquakes.
Earthquakes in rich countries such as the United States or Japan do not tend to cause huge numbers of casualties, because buildings are designed to withstand the shaking.
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