Cleaning up toxic chemical and crude oil spills that occur in water is a major problem for which there has been no completely effective solution until now, though many researchers …
Nanotechnology can help clean up oil spills with super-absorbant carbon nanotube sponges Read More »
Researchers have been working for several years on a way to detect lung cancer in patients by analyzing their breath. It appears that they are close to having a working …
A group of researchers from Korea and the United States have been working on a project designed to control superconductivity of regions within an iron-based superconductor. These superconductors have the …
Scientists control superconductivity using spin currents Read More »
Aerogel was such a breakthrough — literally, almost as light as air, yet a solid — that it challenges designers to engineer a problem for its solution. Years after its …
Electrical Engineering is one of the top choices of students considering careers — even though Petroleum Engineer tops the base salary list. [See below for informaiton on the top 7 …
The world’s longest underwater tunnel is the Channel Tunnel, running 50 km under salt water. It is also the second-longest railway tunnel in the world. Yet, this underwater triumph is …
Civil Engineering Design: What it Takes to Engineer the World’s Longest Tunnels Read More »
The missing “technology” in the dream of hypersonic air travel is a light-weight but heat-resistant material that can tolerate the superheating of travelling more than five times the speed of …
Hypersonic travel may become practical with new heat-resistant ceramic carbide material Read More »
Both the Ontario and Saskatchewan governments criticized the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan from the Federal Government, making it clear more was needed. In a joint statement, Greg Rickford, Ministry …
