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Helping Future Engineers Use Today's Design Plans
Digital design software has virtually replaced blueprints across all manufacturing sectors. STEP (the Standard for the Exchange of Product Data), a universal format for product data that allows industrial partners with different proprietary software to understand and share engineering data, has accelerated this change. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and PDES, Inc., an industry consortium, have just introduced a new STEP standard that should help ensure that tomorrow's engineers will be able to understand today's complex designs. In Search For Water On Mars, Clues From Antarctica
Scientists have gathered more evidence that suggests flowing water on Mars -- by comparing images of the red planet to an otherworldly landscape on Earth. In recent years, scientists have examined images of several sites on Mars where water appears to have flowed to the surface and left behind a trail of sediment. Those sites closely resemble places where water flows today in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica , the new study has found. Nuclear gyroscope
Physicists are all in a spin about a nuclear gyroscope The Beauty of IPod Shuffle Hacks
The simplicity of Apple's random music player appeals to a wave of modders. But beware: The cooler you make it look, the more people will want it. By Mathew Honan from Wired Test. Free Music Now! Lala.com's Plan to Give Songs Away Could Upend the Ind
Lala.com, which launched in 2006 as a CD-swap service, spins into a new business model offering free, unlimited on-demand music streams from major labels. The company hopes to recoup its $160-million investment in licensing deals through music sales -- downloads, physical CDs and vinyl -- with more revenue streams on the way. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." An Apple Or A Pear? It's More Than A Question Of Taste
Eating an apple is infinitely better than looking like one, according to experts at the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Humor aside, research has drawn significant links between body shape and heart disease. The American College of Cardiology is hoping to reshape America by highlighting this new health data on World Heart Day. Killer Dinosaurs Turned Vegetarian: Utah Dinosaur Bones Reveal Missing
May 2005 article about the "discovery of the bizarre new species, Falcarius utahensis,"of dinosaur by paleontologists from the Utah Geological Survey and the Utah Museum of Natural History. The remains of this dinosaur provide "clues about how vicious meat-eaters related to Velociraptor ultimately evolved into plant-munching vegetarians."Includes an artist's conception of the animal, a skeletal reconstruction, and images of some of the bones. From the University of Utah. How Drones Find Queens: Odorant Receptor For Queen Bee Pheromone Ident
The mating ritual of the honey bee is a mysterious affair, occurring at dizzying heights in zones identifiable only to a queen and the horde of drones that court her. Now a research team has identified an odorant receptor that allows male drones to find a queen in flight. The receptor, on the male antennae, can detect an available queen up to 60 meters away. The Hive and the Honeybee: Selections from the E. F. Phillips Beekeepi
This collection represents "one of the largest and most complete apiculture libraries in the world."Search and browse the full text of ten rare books, including "Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained"(1853) and "New Observations on the Natural History of Bees"(1806). From the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University.
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