What civil engineers are reading this week

• The rare chance to do it again – applying what you know now

  Sometimes, bridge engineers have the opportunity to do it twice. They’re asked to return to a successful bridge many years later and design a new one alongside it. Consider these three examples.

• Scientists may have finally ‘seen’ dark matter for the first time

  The NASA gamma-ray spacecraft Fermi may have enabled scientists to “see” dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious stuff, for the first time.

• Italy’s Campi Flegrei super volcano is stirring. Could this seismic giant soon erupt?

  The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in an 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.

• Simple diesel fuel hack found to dramatically cut pollution and improve efficiency

  A new review shows that mixing water into diesel fuel, believe it or not, can dramatically lower emissions and boost efficiency, offering a surprisingly simple route toward cleaner diesel engines.

• Giving spirit: Civil engineering, community service go together like turkey, stuffing

  Like so many of her peers nationwide, Aleesha Toteja, a project manager in Austin, Texas, devotes countless hours to helping those in need. Catch a Thanksgiving week episode of the ASCE Plot Points podcast.

• Amazon closes Arkansas warehouse over earthquake-related design flaw

  The retail juggernaut confirmed in a statement that the distribution center, located at Little Rock’s inland port complex, didn’t comply with regulations for withstanding seismic activity.