Chron.comOil seepage nears 100 gallons on Bolivar PeninsulaChron.comSome 200 yards of beach on Bolivar Peninsula remain closed as cleanup of an oil seepage in the area continues. The Galveston Beach Patrol first reported seeing oil along a 100-yard stretch …

Fox NewsWorkers cleaning up oil spill on California beaches by handFox NewsAlong a stretch of beach heavily marred by a crude oil spill, workers in hard hats and white protective suits use wire brushes and putty knives to scrape the black liquid off cobble …

Business Insider AustraliaThe collapse in US oil rigs might be levelling offBusiness Insider AustraliaFrom December through early May, the number of active oil rigs dropped by double digits each week, with the biggest decline — 94 rigs taken out of commiss …

Nepalese who studied quake engineering in Japan spreads quake-resistance ...Asahi ShimbunKATMANDU--While earthquake engineer Ramesh Guragain was enjoying a picnic with acquaintances in a suburb here on April 25, a strong tremor suddenly disrupted the festi …

MIT NewsEngineering undergraduates characterize sulfur emissions from Hawaiian volcanoMIT NewsWith the volcano's eruption now in its 33rd year, research from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) provides an improved understanding …

Policy: Start research on climate engineeringNature.comClimate engineering — cooling Earth intentionally by modifying its radiation balance — worries many people. We know little about the effectiveness of these technologies or their side effects. The unint …

ENGINEERING.comWhat is My Engineering Software Doing and How Can I Get it to Do More?ENGINEERING.comIn most civil/structural engineering design software, checks are “black box.” When you run a check, you get a pass/fail result, but what does this really me …

Wall Street JournalNumber of College Students Pursuing Science, Engineering StagnatesWall Street JournalThe number of students completing degrees in science and engineering barely budged over the past decade, despite a national push to increase workers&#39 …

An engineering approach from Virginia Tech helps breast cancer researchers at ...Medical Xpress"We needed an engineering approach to a biological problem—no one had built a model like this before," said the project's principal investigator, R …