Engineering

Sunoco Logistics aims to turn its Marcus Hook refinery into a center for shipping liquid fuels from the Marcellus and Utica shales. This will support the company's goal of becoming an independent pipe… Read More

Several tornadoes ripped through North Texas Wednesday, knocking out electrical power, ripping off roofs, flattening homes, overturning vehicles, and leaving six people dead and many others injured. P… Read More

Senators working on a broad immigration bill are debating amendments that would expand or restrict the H-1B visa program. An amendment that was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday wo… Read More

Shoestring startups, small businesses and garage tinkerers are the latest enthusiastic users of low-cost 3D printing technology, which is proving transformative at a new level in the U.S. economy, sai… Read More

A "micro-hybrid" powertrain will replace the hybrid or electric powertrains used in cars today, according to MaryAnn Wright, vice president of technology and innovation for Johnson Controls Power Solu… Read More

Piezoelectric technology helps a skyscraper in Stockholm harvest power from the wind with thousands of straw-like strips covering the building's surface. The strips are safe for birds and produce litt… Read More

Engineers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are putting the Orion spacecraft through tests of repairs made to three cracks in the bulkhead, cracks that appeared during a test last fall. The spacecraf… Read More