Last week Knovel convened a panel of sustainability experts at The Discovery Science Center in Anaheim to provide engineers a forum to learn, share and collaborate on the subject. The event, co-sponsored by our partner Elsevier, attracted a motivated and enthusiastic crowd that lingered long after the panel discussion. Some, in fact, drove more than an hour and a half to attend. Although, that had more do to with LA…

The offices at Knovel might be closed for President’s Day today, but that wasn’t going to stop us! We know you rely on our weekly selection of links from around the Science and Engineering world, and we hate to disappoint our readers. First, the website PlanetOddity.com takes a look at an abandoned subway in Cincinnatti Ohio. Next, I found this great piece on mnn.com detailing 7 Amazing Examples of Biomimicry….

My squad is gone, and I have no back-up. The fate of the world rests on my shoulders and trigger finger. 3 very unfriendly aliens have me pinned down while a 4th is trying to flank me. I only have 3 bullets left… I almost feel bad them. The situation above is nothing new for me. But what if instead of being on the edge of my seat, thumbs manipulating…

There are certain advantages to being friends with a weatherman. As anyone living in the Northeastern United States can attest, many of us have been glued to The Weather Channel for the past week trying to gauge exactly what the next storm is going to bring. After two blizzards in the span of a week I spoke with John Cifelli, a meteorologist and the author of John Cifelli’s WeatherNJ. John…

As the world at large collectively recovers from a post-Superbowl hangover, we want to make sure we don’t forget our loyal readers. So sit back, relax, grab another cup of coffee and enjoy this week’s links. Florida Today has an interesting piece about Engineering Careers, and how they’re still considered the wave of the future. From ABC News, apparently Cornell scientists are creating “Spiderman technology” that will allow humans to…