Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed a new earthquake damper that works without electricity. Designed by professor Moussa Leblouba, the device uses steel balls, rods and friction to ...

The patent document describes the invention as unique since it merely relies on containers filled with sand or other granular material to protect a building’s structure from damage or failure during ...

The future of earthquake-proofing might just be a simple cylinder filled with steel balls. In December 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for an energy-dissipation device that ...

What happens when a big earthquake hits and the power goes out at the same time? A University of Sharjah engineer thinks the answer might be a device that needs no electricity at all. Civil ...