The introduction of K-12 engineering education has the potential to improve student learning and achievement in science and mathematics, increase awareness about what engineers do and of engineering as a potential career, and boost students' technological literacy, according to a new report from the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council. The report examines the status and nature of efforts to teach engineering in U.S. schools.

The number of science graduates has been declining over most of Europe but there are no short term solutions to reverse a trend that threatens the continent's longer term prosperity and competitiveness.

Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level.

As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional drag that slows the car and forces the engine to work harder. The same phenomenon affects airplanes, boats, submarines, and even your golf ball.

Widely regarded as the wonder material of the 21st century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the intramolecular junctions that connect CNTs for integration have been hailed as the ideal candidates for the next generation of Nanoelectronics.

Could macro-scale chemical engineering be used to stop a volcanic lava flow in its tracks and save potentially thousands of lives and homes when the next eruption occurs? That's the question R.D. Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, based in The Netherlands, asks in the current issue of the Inderscience Publication, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues.

A white paper issued by an American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel urges the strategic targeting of research dollars to support early-career scientists. University of Maryland president C.D. Mote, Jr., is a member of the panel that wrote ARISE - Advancing Research in Science and Engineering: Investing in Early-Career Scientists and High-Risk, High-Reward Research.

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), today announced a new agreement to publish the Asian Journal of Control on behalf of the Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS) and the Asian Control Association (ACA). Wiley-Blackwell will assume publishing responsibilities beginning with Volume 10, Number 1.

A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced establishment of the Engibous Prize, $150,000 in annual awards to the engineering students who design the most innovative electronics systems using analog semiconductors. The prize is the largest of its kind and will be awarded in three regions of the world -- Asia, Europe and North America.

How can the engineering science faculties of German universities meet the increasing demand for engineers in Germany, the world champion in exports" How must successful faculties of the future be structured in the face of increasing internationalisation and interdisciplinarity" And, what structures are particularly promising in this regard" These questions were the focus of the workshop:

For nearly 20 years, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) have worked together to introduce students to the limitless opportunities available in engineering and technology careers.