Lithium-air batteries are poised to become the next revolutionary replacement for currently used lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, cell phones and computers.

A study from the University of Notre Dame has found that the properties of a material commonly used to create conductive or protective films and encapsulate drug compounds…

Researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a way to make cell phones and power lines more durable.

A portable research lab developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists and engineers recently returned home to Madison following a 22,000-mile journey to the Philippine Sea and back…

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Harvard University have found that the deep Pacific Ocean lags a few centuries behind in terms of temperature…

Project will be Microsoft’s sixth expansion at the facility since 2010.

The Volgenau School of Engineering, at George Mason University, recently announced that their online MS in Applied Information Technology recently received an eighth-place ranking…

ZIF glasses, a new family of glass, could combine the transparency of silicate glass with the nonbrittle quality of metallic glass…

The Virginia Council on Women (Council) will provide one scholarship to a high school junior or senior in each of five geographic regions across the Commonwealth.

FIRST Tech Challenge Reston Qualifier is scheduled for January 13, 2019. The event will be held at South Lakes High School, 11400 South Lakes Dr, Reston, VA, 20191.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the design-build team of Shirley Contracting Company, LLC, and Dewberry recently celebrated the completion of the reconstruction and widening of…

Bhushan’s work focuses on finding nature-inspired solutions to societal problems. In this case, his research team looked to the desert to find life that survives despite limited access to water.

Recently, at its meeting in Richmond, the State Air Pollution Control Board (Board) approved a Buckingham Compressor Station permit that limits air pollution from this facility…

Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically modified a common houseplant — pothos ivy — to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.

FIRST Tech Challenge Southwest Community College Qualifier is scheduled for January 12, 2019.

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)-funded researchers are literally breaking barriers using ultrasound waves emitted from a flexible patch to accurately measure central blood pressure…

Between 1995 and 2003, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made several flybys of Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched the Escape Respirator Challenge…

Camera-like device developed that generates and detects millimeter waves to “see” through solid objects.

McKim & Creed, Inc., which has an office in Norfolk and is one of the largest engineering and geomatics (surveying) firms headquartered in the Southeast, announced recently that it has acquired…

FIRST Tech Challenge Charlottesville Qualifier is scheduled for January 5, 2019.

The 2019 Building Safety Month theme is “No Code. No Confidence.”

SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition is scheduled for February 5 – 7, 2019 …

Adaptive aids are expensive. Additive manufacturing, using low-cost 3-D printers, can save upwards of 94 percent for simple household items.