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I-35W bridge downed by design flaw; infrastructure issues fade from headlines
"The flaw: Undersized gusset plates. So, case closed? It wasn’t a portentous sign of a failing national infrastructure after all? Just a sad, tragic miscalculation by an engineer four decades ago? Nope..."
Breakthrough! 40-Hour Laptop Batteries about to storm markets
Imagine running your laptop nonstop from New York to Tokyo -- crunch some numbers, work on a memo pop in a few DVDs-- and then do a full day of meetings, using your machine throughout the day and into the night. Imagine doing all this without ever plugging in your computer to...
created by Leattle Pablo | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Unsafe at any price: World's Cheapest Car Environmentally Costly
"Thursday, January 17, 2008
Unsafe at any price: World's Cheapest Car Environmentally Costly
By Praful Bidwai
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (IPS) - Nothing has generated as much hyperbole in the global automobile industry in recent years as the unveiling, last week, of an ultra-cheap... Creativity needs a home
Trevor Boddy warns against downtown Vancouver's steady conversion to luxury housing: "With our forestry industry in decline, and our real estate boom losing its steam, B.C.'s economic health will increasingly depend on its creative and cultural industries. Up to now,...Google debuts knowledge project
"Google has kicked off a project to create an authoritative store of information about any and every topic. The search giant has already started inviting people to write about the subject on which they are known to be an expert. Google said it would not act as editor for the...Flirtbot: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Russian chatroom denizens are falling afoul of a social-engineering chatbot that, rather than injecting malware into a target system, gets those flawed, flawed humans to divulge their personal info. "A program...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Germany using PV to reduce carbon emissions and strengthen economy
"Germany is the world's largest PV market. It will add 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of installed PV capacity in 2007-an improvement over 2006 when it added 1.15 GW.PV production is increasing because Germany is creating the conditions to make PV investments profitable.For example,...NCP becomes OEM supplier for WatchGuard Technologies
""Network security is a dynamic and ever-evolving challenge for businesses. NCP's flexibility, speed to market and industry expertise gives WatchGuard an ideal supplier to address these challenges and bring cutting edge security solutions to market in unprecedented speed."NCP...Spirit AeroSystems and Progresstech enter into joint venture
""Our partnership is mutually beneficial to both companies, in growing our business and supporting our customers around the world," said Spirit President and CEO JeffTurner. "For Spirit, it will bring access to engineering talent and developing technologies." "We are excited...Microsoft Research and Indian Institute of Science to collaborate
""Our mission is to conduct state-of-the-art research and apply technology to reduce the time to insights for scientific discovery and drive innovations. We aim to empower scientists by providing them advanced computing technologies across scientific domains," said Tony Hey,...Google: Age Bias Lawsuit From Former 50-ish Executive Can Continue
Old fuddy duddy? In his 50's?Google needs a good spanking."A state appeals court in San Jose ruled Thursday that a former Google executive in his 50s who was allegedly called "old fuddy-duddy" and told he was "slow" before being terminated in February 2004 has the right to...Announcing the 2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners
Photography: First Place (tie) What Lies Behind Our Nose? Kai-hung FungScientific visuals should not be confined to the scientific community nor to a particular discipline. It’s the visuals that make science exciting and intriguing to the layperson. The goal of the... Announcing the 2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners
Photography: First Place (tie)
What Lies Behind Our Nose?
Kai-hung FungScientific visuals should not be confined to the
scientific community nor to a particular discipline. It’s the visuals
that make science exciting and intriguing to the layperson. The goal of
the... B.C. detention was bid to silence anti-war activists, American says
I think we'll all be watching this case closely:"An American peace activist, who was detained by immigration officials in B.C. for two days, is accusing Ottawa of engineering her confinement to silence critics of... Award for support of women scientists
"BOFFINS at the University of York are celebrating after being handed a gold standard for their support of women scientists. In the week that the BA Festival of Science has come to the city, the chemistry department at the university has become the first in the UK to win the...Top Members Today
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