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DEPARTMENTS
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Letters
This month's Letters column includes a letter to the editor about the July editorial.
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Editorial
Now that GM is making money, many American manufacturers can exhale a deep sigh of relief knowing that it is possible to return to profitability
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News & Notes
The first large-scale project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to demonstrate integrated carbon capture and storage moved into the construction phase in August.
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Computing
Wireless emergency safety equipment could save lives, but only if the signals reach the person who needs to receive them.
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Tech Focus
"Instrumentation & Control" is the theme of this month's Tech Focus Column.
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Global Window
Some of India’s top industrialists, attending a conference in Mumbai, expressed concern over the impact that corruption has on the state of business.
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Washington Window
As congressional budget-reduction debates rage on, many in the research community are concerned that even a best-case scenario will result in devastating cuts to investments in scientific R&D.
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ASME News
Thousands of people gathered in New York in August for a daylong event looking back on the achievements of NASA and providing a sneak peak at the future of space exploration.
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Input/Output
Inspiration struck Jeffrey Lipton on a flight home from a conference, after the Ph.D. candidate had joined fab@home, an open-source project to develop cheap 3-D desktop printers.
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FEATURES
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Under the Hood at GM
What GM’s resurgence means for American manufacturing.
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An EKG in Your Underwear
Nanostructured sensors, smart phones, and cloud computing promise a new platform for everyday medical monitoring.
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Stressing the Science of Engineering
Design, theory, and practice are inherent in our species.
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Birds of a Feather
Companies in the same field tend to cluster in the same city or region. Understanding that could help businesses—and engineers—make vital decisions.
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What's That Noise?
Using FEA to tone down automotive squeaks and rattles.
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Patent Atomic Bomb Defused
An appeals court reinterprets a disclosure rule that caused an explosion of paperwork.
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MARKETPLACE
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Software Exchange
The October 2011 Software Exchange column features Share 3D PDF and Saphire risk and reliability assessment software.
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New Products
Digital multimeters, a panel pressure gauge and a vision sensor are among this month's New Products.
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