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Backscatter: Make or Buy?
Backscatter: Make or Buy?
(Feb 06)
Donald Christiansen |
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When it comes to specialized parts for products designed and developed in house, some firms opt to make their own. Many, however, choose to outsource the job — which increasingly means sending manufacturing and even engineering jobs overseas. |
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Administration, Congress Get Behind Innovation
(Feb 06)
Chris McManes |
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Responding to a troubling National Academies report and a broad industry initiative, President Bush and Congress have recently proposed competitiveness initiatives that are designed to help the United States maintain its leading edge in science and technology. |
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NASA's Big Plans
(Feb 06)
George McClure |
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Despite lean R&D budgets and hurricane-ravaged facilities, NASA plans to move ahead with its ambitious goals to develop a new Crew Exploration Vehicle that will return manned crews to the moon and later to Mars. |
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Globalization and Your Career
(Feb 06)
Terrance Malkinson |
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Career building is a continuous activity that requires awareness, and making adjustments to take advantage of rapid changes in local, national and international conditions. |
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Cold Call Your Way to a New Job
(Feb 06)
Debra Feldman |
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Just thinking about cold calls is enough to put most people off their lunch. So why would anyone bother going through the agony? Simple answer: it works. |
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Notable S&T Quotes from 2005
(Feb 06)
Compiled by Richard M. Jones |
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Some of the more notable science and technology quotations that appeared in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) FYI Newsletter in 2005 |
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