During their first unit in the school’s Discovery Lab, John Lewis Childs School fifth graders are learning about bridges. Working in groups, the students create truss bridges out of connector strips.

The Norwegian composite industry has once again made a significant international impact with the installation of the Paradis Bridge in Bergen—an impressive 42-metre-long truss bridge made from ...

Like a spider web that flexes to compensate for a broken strand 1, 2, steel truss bridges, which are built from a framework of connected elements, can sometimes withstand the failure of a load-bearing ...