Engineering News

From The Engineer - News:

Stanford University researchers are hoping to improve the design of hypersonic aircraft engines by running simulations on thousands of computers at once.

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From Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories:

As history has repeatedly shown, where there are valuable minerals to be unearthed, adventurous humans will arrive in droves - even if it means battling extreme conditions and risking life and limb.

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From Wired Top Stories:

Surgeon General C. Everett Koop takes a bite out of big tobacco with his condemnation of nicotine's addictive properties.

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From Gizmodo:

You've probably read about Android market fragmentation and wondered just how big a deal it is. This visualization spells out the problem quite clearly: there are almost 4,000 unique Android devices out there running a single app available on Play. That, right there, is fragmentation.

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From BBC News - Technology:

Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.

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From Gizmodo:

As the Royal Air Force's fleet of heavy transport and tanker jets come to the end of their operational service lives, the RAF is faced with replacing a lot of planes. Luckily, the new Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport is a union jack of all trades.

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