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Putting a damper on wobbly bridges

14 Nov 2017
Photograph of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
Crowd control: large groups cannot cross the Clifton Suspension Bridge
Wobbly footbridges can both delight and terrify pedestrians. Now, researchers in the USA and Russia

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Tim Wogan is a science writer based in the UK
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