Los Angeles TimesAdvocacy groups call for a ban on recycled oil field wastewater to irrigate cropsLos Angeles TimesOrganizers of a petition drive to ban the practice of irrigating crops with recycled oil field wastewater will be pitching their cause on Sat …

Is Iran's Claim About Doubling Oil Exports Just Hype?OilPrice.comAfter having regained 80 percent of its pre-sanction market share, beating all expectations, Iran now plans to double its exports if market conditions improve, according to Mohsen Qamsari …

The GuardianAsteroid killed dinosaurs by setting oil alight and spreading soot, says studyThe GuardianThe asteroid that killed the dinosaurs might have done so by setting giant reserves of crude oil alight, shooting soot around the globe and turning vast r …

Johnson and Wyandotte winners of the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair.Kansas City StarBlue Valley CAPS: Alexis Vance, first, Senior Material Sciences, Ash Grove Charitable Foundation, United States Navy/ Marine Corps Science Award; Alexis V …

PCWorldOracle sets its sights on engineering and construction with Textura buyPCWorldTextura's products will be combined with Oracle's existing Primavera project-management suite -- the result of a 2008 acquisition by the database giant -- in the O …

Shuttle tank, meet canal: Engineering wonders cross paths in PanamaThe Planetary Society (blog)Two modern engineering marvels crossed paths this week here in Central America, as the last unflown space shuttle external fuel tank passed through the Panama Ca …

Royal Society of ChemistrySteady rise in US science and engineering doctorates raises job worriesRoyal Society of ChemistrySteadily increasing numbers of science and engineering (S&E) doctorates granted by US universities, including chemistry PhDs, is …

Popular MechanicsThe Nitty Gritty Engineering Challenge of Building a Space ElevatorPopular MechanicsGrady Hillouse, a civil engineer out based out of Texas, approaches the problem by breaking the problem down to its most elemental realities in his latest …

Engineering an Impact on the New FrontierThe Planetary Society (blog)While studying mechanical engineering, I also submerged myself in planetary science and eventually gained a minor in the field. In no other field can you take courses taught by Dr. Alfred …