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Five years after the devastating collapse of an interstate bridge in Minneapolis, university researchers are developing new wireless technology that would warn of problems that could cause such disasters.\u00a0For more information click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0download<\/a>\u00a0the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five years after the devastating collapse of an interstate bridge in Minneapolis, university researchers are developing new wireless technology that would warn of problems that could cause such disasters.\u00a0For more information click\u00a0here\u00a0or\u00a0download\u00a0the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","cat-19-id","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"\nResearchers Develop Bridge Sensors to Prevent Disasters | Resensys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"University researchers are developing wireless bridge sensors to detect structural issues early and prevent disasters like the Minneapolis bridge collapse.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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