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Tiny but Mighty: New Printhead Could Speed Up 3D-Printed Organ Development




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Switching Completely to E-Cigarettes Improves Smokers’ Breathing, Study Finds




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Neurons Grow Faster When Muscles Exercise, MIT Study Reveals




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Light Pollution Disrupts Bee Sleep Patterns, Threatening Vital Pollinators



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Scientists Design First Practical Light-Amplifying Crystal That Could Revolutionize Medical Sensors




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Model-Driven Innovation in Machine Design

How virtual prototyping and dynamic load analysis can help reduce machine design costs and get to market faster.




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Maplesoft President and CEO Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo

James Cooper Recognized for Enhancing Quality of Education and for Outstanding Contributions to the Discipline of Engineering Waterloo, Canada; November 08, 2016: Maplesoft™ announced that James (Jim) Cooper, its president and CEO, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo (UW). The University presented Cooper with a Doctor of Engineering degree at a recent graduation ceremony held at the university.




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Maplesoft President and CEO Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo

Maplesoft announced that James (Jim) Cooper, its president and CEO, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo (UW). The University presented Cooper with a Doctor of Engineering degree at a recent graduation ceremony held at the university.




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Utilizing MapleSim to Improve Assisted Living Devices

A research team from York University have been working on developing more practical and streamlined devices to assist humans with everyday movements, such as standing and sitting. The objective was to determine if energy could be regenerated in prosthetic devices during these movements, similar to the way in which hybrid electric vehicles recover waste heat from braking and convert it into useable energy.




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The University of Manchester Uses MapleSim in Robotics and Control Systems Courses

Dr. Joaquin Carrasco, Professor of Control Systems at the University’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has taught various Control Systems courses to Master’s students in the Master of Science in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering program for the past six years. He has received overwhelmingly positive student feedback from using Maple T.A., the powerful online testing and assessment system from Maplesoft, in his Control Systems classes. He has also recently incorporated Maplesoft’s MapleSim and the MapleSim CAD Toolbox into his Robotics courses. With the MapleSim CAD Toolbox, students can see how their mechanical CAD models behave as part of a larger, multidomain system.




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Model-Driven Innovation in Machine Design

How virtual prototyping and dynamic load analysis can help reduce machine design costs and get to market faster.




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Early Version of Maple on Display at Science Museum in London

Maplesoft announced that its mathematical computation software, Maple, is now on display at the Science Museum in London.




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Maplesoft, University of Waterloo Enter Education Partnership

Maplesoft and the University of Waterloo have partnered to collaborate on educational STEM content. Through this partnership, Maplesoft’s Möbius will blend with Waterloo-developed coursework and content for an online learning hub for college-level students and professors.




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New Version of Maple T.A. Offers Enhanced Connectivity, Workflow among Other Features

Maplesoft™, a leader in software products for technical education and research, today announced an update to its popular testing and assessment tool, Maple T.A.™. Maple T.A. is a powerful online testing and assessment system designed especially for courses involving mathematics, making it ideal for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses.




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MapleSim 2016.2 Improves Modeling Workflow and Tool Chain Connectivity

The latest release of MapleSim has arrived, carrying with it some major updates to the software such as visualization improvements, revision control and new options for toolchain connectivity.




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Maplesoft Presents Awards of Excellence to University of Birmingham Students

Maplesoft today announced that the 2017 Maplesoft Excellence Scholarship Awards are being presented to two graduate students from the University of Birmingham. The scholarships provide monetary assistance for three years to each student for their graduate studies. They were selected from a group of students that were instrumental in encouraging and contributing to the use of technology in various undergraduate courses at the university.




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Maplesoft Releases Online Courseware Environment for STEM

Maplesoft today released Möbius, a hands-on learning tool focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The online courseware environment provides an interactive platform for students to explore STEM concepts, visualize problems and solutions, and receive real-time assessment feedback.




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Polígonos hiperbólicos regulares convexos y estrellados. Relaciones y representación

The worksheet shows a procedure for the representation in de Poincaré disc of convex and self-intersecting regular hyperbolic polygons.




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Resolución y construcción de polígonos hiperbólicos rectángulos convexos

The worksheet shows a procedure for the resolution and construction of convex right-angled hyperbolic polygons, given p-3 sides of the polygon.




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Resolución y construcción de polígonos hiperbólicos convexos y autointersectantes

The worksheet shows a procedure for the resolution and construction of convex and self-intersecting hyperbolic polygons, given 2p-3 data of the sides and angles of the polygon.




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Polígonos hiperbólicos rectángulos regulares convexos y estrellados. Relaciones y representación

The worksheet shows a procedure for the representation in de Poincaré disc of regular right-angled, convex and star hyperbolic polygons.




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CCA In-Flight Adaptation Likely Need for ‘Tactical Responsiveness’

Some defense technologists believe that the U.S. Air Force’s manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) sixth generation fighter, in order to survive a service-ordered review, will have to be smaller […]




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Navy To Extend Life Of 12 Destroyers And Three Cruisers

The Navy plans to extend the operations of 12 Flight 1 Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and three Ticonderoga-class cruisers past their planned service lives to boost fleet numbers, the service […]




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BAE Nabs Contract For 10 Netherlands and Belgium Frigate Naval Guns

BAE Systems on Friday said it signed a contract with the Netherlands to provide eight new Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval guns for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies. The […]




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Private Equity Firm Acquires Defense Engineering Firm From Trident Maritime Systems

The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Co. on Monday said its portfolio company Trident Maritime Systems has sold its Hoffman Engineering company to another investment firm, Branford Castle Partners. […]




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Australia Cancels Satellite Effort With Lockheed Martin As Space Tech Advances

The Australian Ministry of Defence on Nov. 4 terminated its procurement activity with Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a single communications satellite in favor of pursuing multiple spacecraft that could provide […]




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Navigation Experts Urge Launch of Stored GPS Satellites with L5 Signal

The Global Positioning System (GPS) program, established in 1973, needs to launch four Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS III satellites with the L5 signal in short order to help counter adversary […]




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Boeing Workers End Strike; Cash Flow Will Remain Negative Through 2025

Boeing’s [BA] machinists’ union members on Monday voted to end their 53-day strike that shut down production at the company’s commercial aircraft plants in the Pacific Northwest but the company […]




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State Department Approves $4.9 Billion Sale of E-7 Aircraft To South Korea

The State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of $4.92 billion in Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft to South Korea. The Defense Security Cooperation […]




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Fincantieri And UAE Expand Naval Collaboration To Underwater Systems

Italy’s Fincantieri on Tuesday signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’ EDGE Group to expand their cooperative work on naval systems to include underwater systems for […]




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Kongsberg Nabs Potential $329 Million Award To Build Turrets For Marines’ ACV-30

The Marine Corps has awarded Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a contract worth up to $329 million to build medium caliber remotely-operated weapon systems for the turreted variant of the […]




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Saab Pitches Autonomous Control System For Naval Vessels

Sweden’s Saab pitched a new autonomous control system to be used for naval vessels during the Euronaval expo in Paris this month. The company said this new system, Autonomous Ocean […]




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Orca XLUUV Sub Tested In 48-Hour Run

Last month Boeing [BA] said its Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) finished a 48-hour endurance sailing run. During this exercise, the vehicle operated fully autonomously below the sea […]




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Navy Finishes PDR For E-2D DSSC-6 Update

The Navy on Wednesday announced it and Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on the newest set of improvements to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the Delta System […]




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Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station

The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the  […]




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Kratos, L3Harris Successfully Fly Zeus Rocket Motors, Paving Way For Production

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] in late October successfully completed the first flight of a two-stage stack of solid rocket motors (SRMs), validating performance objectives to allow the Zeus […]




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Defense Watch: NGA AI Strategy, UKR Aid, ACV-30, More ASTs

NGA AI Strategy. Mark Munsell, the chief artificial intelligence officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, expects his agency to publish a new AI strategy in 2025 given how fast the […]




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New Team Forms To Compete For CVN-75 Carrier Dismantlement

A pair of companies with experience dismantling maritime vessels and nuclear facilities, respectively, are teaming up to compete on the dismantlement of decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, starting with the […]




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AUV Startup Vatn Systems Raises $13 Million In Seed Round That Includes Lockheed, RTX, And SAIC

Vatn Systems, a startup developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for U.S. and allied military customers, on Tuesday said it has raised $13 million in seed funding to further expand its […]




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India’s JSW Group To Invest $90 Million In Shield AI, Manufacture V-BATs

Indian conglomerate JSW Group will invest $90 million in U.S. startup Shield AI over the next two years to license and manufacture the small company’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) […]




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Firefly Closes $175 Million Funding Round To Scale Production, Accelerate MLV Development

Firefly Aerospace has raised $175 million in new venture capital that will help it boost production of a multi-mission orbital vehicle and its small lift rocket, and accelerate hardware qualification […]




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Trump Picks HASC Member, China Hawk Mike Waltz As National Security Adviser

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, to serve as national security adviser in his next administration. Waltz, a former […]




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House’s Top Defense Appropriator Calvert Projected To Win Reelection

Rep. Ken Calvert, the House’s top defense appropriator, is projected to narrowly win his reelection bid following a competitive race. While final control of the House in the next Congress […]




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Jan 26 - Chubu English Language Teaching Convention

LTP (Language Teaching Professionals). January 26 (Sun), 9:00-18:00 in Nagoya, Aichi. A wide variety of speakers. Deadline for presenter applications: November 30, 2024..




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Jan 25 - SUTLF 2025: Collaborative and Cooperative Learning

NanKyu JALT (NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). January 25 (Sat), 9:00-18:00 in Kumamoto. Edward Rubesch.




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Jan 12 - Kansai English Language Teaching Convention

LTP (Language Teaching Professionals). January 12 (Sun), 9:00-18:00 in Osaka. A wide variety of speakers. Deadline for presenter applications: November 30, 2024. .




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Dec 8 - Classroom Activity Types and Their Relationship to Cognitive Discourse Functions

Kobe JALT (Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). December 8 (Sun), 14:00-15:30 in Kobe, Hyogo. Stephen McNamara (Kwansei Gakuin University).




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Nov 23 - Seventh Annual Nanzan Language Education Seminar

Nanzan University (Nanzan University Language Education Seminar). November 23 (Sat), 9:00-17:00 in Nagoya, Aichi. Submissions accepted until Sept 30.




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Nov 18 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 18 (Mon), 9:00-16:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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Nov 17 - New Applications of Textbooks and Syllabuses

East Tokyo ETJ (ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)). November 17 (Sun), 14:00-16:00 in Tokyo. Tomoko Kikuchi.