As the outdoor industry grew in the post-WW2 period, so the demand for ever more technical apparel and footwear developed. At the heart of development was ‘performance’. As an all-embracing term ...

The lap joint exposure test simulates the use of wood and wood based materials in exterior construction that may be exposed to the weather, but does not contact the ground. Some examples include ...

Field-testing of two multistate online assessments is going more smoothly than many educators had expected, despite technological glitches in the coast-to-coast experiment. And even though the exams, ...

Corrected: A previous version of this story misspelled the first name of Jesse Register, the director of schools for the Nashville, Tenn., school district. Includes updates and/or revisions. Next week ...

Several years ago, I started poking around to fix a challenge all field engineers deal with when generating materials field testing data: Accurately collecting data from the field without knowing ...

A long-gestating recommendation on how federal law enforcement agencies should test the performance of artificial intelligence tools before implementing them is ready for the White House after an ...

A shortage of skilled labor continues to be the dominate issue in the construction industry, and rightfully so. However, delays in construction schedules have always been a thorn in the side of ...

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken steps to improve its field tests and lab confirmations of illicit drugs, including ...