JUNEAU - John Stone, P.E. was honored as the Alaska Capital Engineers' 2010 Engineer of the Year. The award was presented to Stone during the 2010 Engineers Banquet and Awards Ceremony held Feb. 20 at Centennial Hall. The Alaska Capital Engineers is made up of members of the Juneau Branches of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Alaska Society of Professional Engineers.

To understand current social care and to plan for the future, we must first understand the past. This is a journey through war and peace, because it takes us back to the war that gave rise to the welfare state, the Second World War.

Turkey's leaders pledged Tuesday to build quake-proof homes after a magnitude 6 temblor shattered mud-brick homes in the eastern part of the country, killing 51 people. Still, similar promises after devastating earthquakes in the west in 1999 have had limited impact.

Adams County Engineer Dick Klusmeyer told the County Board Tuesday he's planning to retire June 1. Klusmeyer made the announcement behind closed doors after the board went into executive session at the conclusion of its monthly meeting.

Robots are great for going where humans can't, and the cramped confines of municipal water pipes are the perfect example. A new initiative is working on building robots that can access and repair aging water pipes from the inside.

Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and killed 51 people this week, the Turkish government acknowledged Tuesday.

WASHINGTON----Faced with increasing competition across the globe, politicians, pundits and the private sector have sounded the alarm that a reinvigorated focus must be urgently applied to American STEM education .

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