Visionary engineeringEurekAlert (press release)Sumita Pennathur, an associate professor in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received the prestigious "Visionary Award" from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). T …

gulfnews.comOapec can do its bit for environmentgulfnews.comOAPEC and Opec are founding members of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), established in November 1982, and which became one of the most important seminars on oil and energy by its af …

DAWN.comExtracting oil the old fashioned wayDAWN.comExtracting oil from fruit and seeds is a practice as hold as civilisation, and oil has been used for cooking as well as for hair and skincare. Historians have found evidence of the extraction of oil from …

Fox BusinessPresident Obama's $2.7 Trillion Lease Ban Has Big Oil FumingFox BusinessWhile outer space is humanity's final frontier, the Arctic is the final frontier for oil and gas drilling. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 22% of the Earth …

CBC.caFish oil during pregnancy reduces baby's asthma risk: studyJapan TodayA Danish study of 695 pregnant women is raising the possibility that fish oil supplements begun in the final three months of pregnancy may reduce the risk of asthma or persiste …

From Grease to Soap: How One Woman Is Repurposing Used OilTruth-OutIn four years, Laura Kneib's one-person shop has turned nearly five tons of used vegetable oil, cardboard and biodiesel glycerin into hygiene products. (Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr). Br …

EurekAlert (press release)New plant engineering method could help fill demand for crucial malaria drugEurekAlert (press release)It also provides a new tool for engineering many other complex pathways, with the potential to increase production of other esse …

Alaska Nursing Home Asks to Serve Seal Oil to Native ClientsABC NewsAlaska regulators are working with an Alaska Native organization that wants to serve its nursing home residents nutrient-rich seal oil, a traditional staple that's banned in public set …

The Northern Miner (subscription)March 11, 2016 | PDAC 2016: Survey of engineering reports fails to impressThe Northern Miner (subscription)A review for adequacy and quality of thirty-four development-stage NI 43-101 studies on SEDAR showed nearly half lac …

Africa Builds Expertise in Science, Tech, Engineering, MathABC NewsGitau, Schutte and Ngonga are among a formidable group of Next Einstein fellows, 15 innovators who are paving the way to build Africa's expertise in science, technology, engineering and …