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Hubble Pokes at a Galactic Bulge
Discover Magazine | rsslist, November 18, 2009
When you poke the Pillsbury dough boy in his bulging tummy, he giggles. When you poke the bulge in NGC 4710, however, you get the history of how galaxies form. Voila! NGC 4710 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 60 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. That puts it in the next town ov...
Civilian Supercomputer Shatters Nuke Simulator's Speed Record
Wired Discoveries, November 17, 2009
Jaguar, a Department of Energy machine devoted to civilian research, jumps to the top of the world's most powerful supercomputer list. It's more than 69 percent faster than the second computer on the list, the IBM Roadrunner. Unlike previous DOE list-toppers, Jaguar will be devoted to climate and en...
Speeding Bullet - Is Britain set to join the high-speed rail revolution?
NASA Moon Crash Found 'Significant Amount' of Water
Engineering the Planet to Dodge Global Warming


Chemical and Material

Nancy Jackson Wins ACS Presidential Race
Chemical & Engineering News, 15 hours ago
ACS News: Her year in the society's top spot will coincide with the International Year of Chemistry.
Medical Breakthroughs
American Chemistry Council, January 31, 2009
Safety Notables: Information from the Literature
Organic Process Research & Development, 15 hours ago

Civil Engineering

UAE Companies and Authorities to Discuss on Viability of Construction Technologies
AZoBuild.com, November 18, 2009
- Cooperative Working and Knowledge-Sharing Necessary to Progress Recent building failures in the UAE have highlighted the importance of high-quality, sustainable engineering techniques. The economic...
Walking and clean air
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, November 11, 2009
Special Report: Executive Roundtable on New Nuclear
Power Engineering - Online Articles in Industry Briefs, 15 hours ago

Communications and Electronics

Lost in space? The future of manned spaceflight
Power Management DesignLine, 15 hours ago
The future of U.S. manned spaceflight and exploration of the solar system looks bleak unless political and budget barriers can be overcome.
Maplesoft Extends MapleSim for Complex Physical Modeling
Design News - Software & Hardware, 15 hours ago
Semtech Adds Low-Power 300MHz-510MHz Transceiver and Receiver To ISM Band RF Platform -
Electronic Engineering News Digest, September 23, 2009

Electrical Engineering

Smart cards buck economic trend
EE Times - Design News, 16 hours ago
The smart card industry is demonstrating resilience to the economic downturn and continued to grow in volumes shipped. Presented By: NEC   Ads by Pheedo
Xilinx unveils platform for broadcast connectivity
EE Times, 15 hours ago
OPTEK Technology : LONG DISTANCE REFLECTIVE SWITCH EMPLOYED IN WIND TURBINES FOR RPM SENSING
New Equipment Digest - Electrical & Electronic Components, 15 hours ago

Manufacturing

Mobile Workforce Solution from Invensys Operations Management Implemented by Royal Dutch Shell
Engineering News, November 18, 2009
IntelaTrac improves in-the-field decision making for operations workforce
Banner offers long-range Ethernet data radio
Manufacturingtalk, November 14, 2009
GM, Chrysler not required to make electric cars
Automotive News - Automaker News Feeds, 15 hours ago

Mechanical Engineering

Mobile Workforce Solution from Invensys Operations Management Implemented by Royal Dutch Shell
Engineering News, November 18, 2009
IntelaTrac improves in-the-field decision making for operations workforce
Special Report: Executive Roundtable on New Nuclear
Power Engineering - Online Articles in Industry Briefs, 15 hours ago
International Flight Liability Increasing
aviationdaily, 15 hours ago

Software

Maplesoft Extends MapleSim for Complex Physical Modeling
Design News - Software & Hardware, 15 hours ago
To address the increasing complexity around product design, Maplesoft is launching MapleSim 3...
Survey: Patient Data At Risk From Healthcare Partners
Dark Reading: FBI Report, 15 hours ago
Survey: Patient Data At Risk From Healthcare Partners
Dark Reading: Dark Reading News Analysis, 15 hours ago

Technology and Research

What Is This?: What Is This... A Hi-Tech Pin Cushion?
Discover | Physics & Math, 15 hours ago
Hint: There are a lot fewer of them now than there were a few years ago.
OPTEK Technology : LONG DISTANCE REFLECTIVE SWITCH EMPLOYED IN WIND TURBINES FOR RPM SENSING
New Equipment Digest - Electrical & Electronic Components, 15 hours ago
New Type of Fast Computers Are Sooner Become a Reality
ScienceProg, 15 hours ago