Engineering News Record ranked the Top 225 International Contractors last week, and gave some information on how this sector is dealing with the market downturn.

MSNBC takes a look at Cool Green Gizmos for Back to School, and while students might not be getting excited about the power saving surge protectors, I can’t imagine an incoming freshman not liking the idea of a solar powered laptop charger.

Speaking of Solar Panels, startup company Solar Roadways is working with the Department of Energy to turn our roads into into power plants.

Finally, Inside Higher Ed talks with a trio of Canadian Grad Students who, while studying infectious diseases, decided to model whether or not Canada could survive a large scale Zombie Attack. And it doesn’t look good.