Winston-Salem JournalAAA report finds synthetic oil outperforms conventional oilWinston-Salem JournalSynthetic oil outperformed conventional oil by an average of nearly 50 percent, according to a recent report by the American Automobile Association. AAA, a …

How Brazil's Latest Oil Gamble May BackfireOilPrice.comOil is one of the few bright spots left in Brazil right now. With the offshore subsalt and presalt plays here still representing some of the highest-potential projects on the planet. That's att …

FortuneIs Synthetic Oil Worth the Money? Yes, Says AAAFortuneAbout every 5,000 miles or so, car owners face a decision: conventional or synthetic motor oil. And because many change their oil around every 6 months, choosing one over the other makes a signif …

Scientists Make Progress Toward Engineering Synthetic YeastWall Street Journal (subscription)Designer biologists are nearing completion of the first completely synthetic Baker's yeast—the single-celled workhorse of commercial biotechnology used in prod …

Quanta MagazineGene Drives Will Clash With Evolution | Quanta MagazineQuanta MagazineGene drives promise to spread a trait across an entire population. But evolutionary forces are going to alter even the best-engineered plans.and more » Read mor …

Step Change Engineering to recruit 20 new workersEnergy VoiceAberdeen firm Step Change Engineering (SCE) said yesterday it had won a “major” contract which cemented its ambition to become a tier two contractor in the North Sea oil and gas market. The new w …

Science DailyMechanical engineering in hot pursuit of creeping bacteriaScience DailyUniversity of Alberta mechanical engineering professor Aloke Kumar and members of his lab are hot on the trail of bacteria as they spread between surfaces connected by flui …

ABC OnlineMelbourne's 'Doctor Who' synthesiser EMS Synthi 100 given engineering heritage awardABC OnlineToday, Engineers Australia will award the synthesiser an Engineering Heritage Marker at a ceremony at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music& …

Atlas Obscura160-Year-Old Ganges Canal Super-Passages Are An Engineering MarvelAtlas Obscura... book Ganges Water Machine, a full fourth of the money spent on the canal went to building, at these watery intersections, passages that carry one massive body o …

The HinduEngineering life, one gene at a timeThe HinduAnd a large part of this can be attributed to synthetic biology or the application of the principles of engineering in biology where scientists not only read or decode DNA, but also write new sequences …