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A video ad for GoldieBlox, a start-up toy company that sells games and books to encourage girls to become engineers, has gone viral with more than 6.4 million views in less than a week.

Cleveland State University is moving forward on its mission to create one of the strongest engineering programs in the country being the recipient of a $10 million gift.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved 1901.2 standard to support low-frequency, narrowband power-line communications and smart-grid applications.

When Enrique Peña Nieto was sworn in as Mexican president last December, he promised to boost Mexico’s science and technology infrastructure. One year later, the Mexican Congress approved a 20% rise in the 2014 budget of the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) in Mexico City.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation to review two batteries fires in Tesla Motors Model S sedans. There have been three reports of fires in six weeks that have prompted concerns about safety of the electric cars.

Viking Range has recalled their 42-inch and 48-in built-in side-by-side refrigerator freezers with in-door water and ice dispensers due to electrical connectors in the refrigerator freezer wiring harness can overheat and pose a fire hazard.