NEWS ARCHIVE
July 16, 2018
ACI 310 – Decorative Concrete, has become a joint committee of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)…
July 16, 2018
The International Code Council and the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (ICC-SRCC), in collaboration with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), have updated…
July 13, 2018
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) announces four off-season events in the FIRST Chesapeake District for 2018.
July 13, 2018
New study provides estimate of greenhouse gas emissions generated by U.S. consumer food purchases.
July 12, 2018
Supercomputers have the power to unlock the secrets of subatomic particles that are hidden deep inside everyday matter. But they can’t do it on their own…
July 12, 2018
ASTM International recently launched the ASTM SpecBuilder platform which empowers organizations to streamline collaboration and document development for internal documents such as…
July 11, 2018
Dam performance monitoring is a balance of visual surveillance and instrumental measurements that when combined accurately show how well a dam is performing.
July 11, 2018
Synthetical chemicals are ever-present in modern life—in our medications, cosmetics and clothing—but what happens to them when they enter our municipal water supplies?
July 10, 2018
Controversy continues regarding phase out of HFC’s in the U.S.
July 9, 2018
The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) will hold its seventeenth Annual Conference September 20-23, 2018 at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte, NC.
July 9, 2018
New research from North Carolina State University (NC State) and the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) finds that steep declines in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were…
July 6, 2018
More than 200 officers of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) gathered on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park recently for NSBE’s National Leadership Conference (NLC).
July 6, 2018
Modern microscopy has given scientists a front-row seat to living, breathing biology in all its Technicolor glory. But access to the best technologies can be spotty.
July 5, 2018
Dr. Theodora Chaspari, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University is working with Dr. Amir Behzadan, associate professor in the Department of Construction Science, to improve students’ public speaking skills…
July 5, 2018
Cornell University chemical engineering professor Lynden Archer believes there needs to be a battery technology “revolution” – and thinks that his lab has fired one of the first shots.
July 3, 2018
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in partnership with the GW Cancer Center, has launched a new summer program to advance cancer research through…
July 3, 2018
Awards honor individuals making contributions in the area of environmental engineering and science.
July 2, 2018
Study shows impact of toxic chemicals emissions report on industry usage of those chemicals.
July 2, 2018
Avoiding the problems encountered during past mass exits from impact areas is focus of research.
June 29, 2018
Researchers have developed a painless, light-based, non-radioactive, 15-second procedure that could revolutionize breast cancer screening and save lives.
June 29, 2018
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing a $1.8 million grant for the initial development of the Open Storage Network (OSN)…
June 28, 2018
A Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) student team — part of an elite group of 20 teams selected internationally to advance to the final round of the 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition this summer — unveiled its fully constructed pod vehicle…
June 28, 2018
A new technology developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology enables energy harvesting from photosynthetic bacteria – cyanobacteria.
June 27, 2018
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have helped to find the last reservoir of ordinary matter hiding in the universe.
