This week the International Code Council (ICC), its 64,000 members, and partners from the building construction, design and safety communities, celebrate week 4 of Building Safety Month, “Safeguarding Our Water.”

Registration is now open for the 2018 International Code Council (ICC) Annual Conference, Code Hearings and Expo, which will be held on October 21-31, 2018, in Richmond, Va.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) announce their annual meeting June 1-6, 2018 in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.

Researchers rank diets by their associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Researchers find elite waste treatment systems do not fully remove antibiotics from farm waste.

Researchers put a dollar value on beach cleanup efforts.

Researchers seek to better understand and scale-up the process.

Researchers calculate a turbulence ‘speed limit’ for nitrate removal in any stream.

Amendment calls for phase down in the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Building Safety Month week 3, May 13-19, 2018, focuses on “Protecting Communities from Disasters.”

The World Science Festival has unveiled its 2018 program lineup, which presents many of the world’s leading scientists, artists and influential thinkers…

A team of chemistry and chemical engineering researchers has developed a method of creating materials for artificial photosynthesis that is more efficient and cost-effective than current methods.

‘Candy Cane’ weave yields more robust material for energy storage.

Study could lead to development of better tools to predict success of groundwater remediation efforts.

The work at Hangar6 is part of a proposed project to develop a drone-based radiation monitoring system to detect potential groundwater contamination near nuclear weapons facilities and coal-burning power plants.

Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do.

While artificial turf can withstand more traffic compared to real grass, the question remains, does it need less water than real grass?

Trying to locate a power outlet may soon become a thing of the past.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1.9 million to Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, The University of Iowa, and Louisiana State University to detect and control lead in drinking water.

Science and technology are leading the way for designing and constructing safe, efficient and resilient homes and buildings.

Annual report on greenhouse gas emissions highlights continued reductions between 2015 and 2016.

Funding will be issued through two opportunities: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) 2018 and Solid-State Lighting Research.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering is now the VCU College of Engineering.