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News Release 05-158
Japan and U.S. National Science Foundation to Collaborate on Disaster Prevention Research
New agreement on earthquake simulators adds to ocean research
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Japan's E-Defense earthquake simulator can accommodate a 1,200-ton building.
Credit: National research Institute for Earth science and Disaster prevention (NIED), Miki City, Japan
NEES Reconfigurable Reaction Wall Test Facility at the University of California, Berkeley
Credit: NEES@Berkeley
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