Biggest A350 XWB carbon fuselage panel manufactured

Airbus partner, Premium AEROTEC, has successfully completed the curing of the largest A350 XWB fuselage panel made from carbon fibre at its site in Nordenham (Germany). Located on the forward right-hand side of the fuselage the panel covers a area of 93 square meters.

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Russian Science Report by UNESCO

UNESCO has prepared one of the most reputable studies in the world concerning analysis of the current condition of the world science. The Science Report also includes analytical and statistical information about Russian science.

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NVIDIA boasts up to 10 times better performance with Quadro 400

NVIDIA has announced the NVIDIA Quadro 400 graphics processing unit (GPU), a new professional graphics solution. Built for use with professional applications, such as Autodesk AutoCAD, the NVIDIA Quadro 400 GPU provides up to 10x improvement when running some CAD/CAM applications, according to the company.

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New Maple 15 supports NVIDIA CUDA

Maplesoft Maple 15 can take advantage of CUDA-enabled graphics cards to leverage the tremendous computational power of those cards, dramatically speeding up key computations.

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PTC releases Windchill 10.0

PTC, The Product Development Company, today announced the release of Windchill 10.0, the newest version of PTC’s product lifecycle management (PLM) software. With the latest release of Windchill, PTC is enabling manufacturers to do more throughout the product lifecycle, know more about product performance and get more value from PLM.

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MSC Software’s MD Adams was Selected for the Development of NASA Mars Exploration Rover

MSC Software announced that Washington University in St. Louis/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has chosen MD Adams to develop a multi-element dynamic model of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, and its interactions with soil and bedrock while driving over realistic terrain models.

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Silver-Diamond Composite Offers Cooling Capabilities for Electronics

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a solid composite material to help cool small, powerful microelectronics used in defense systems. The material, composed of silver and diamond, promises an exceptional degree of thermal conductivity compared to materials currently used for this application.

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Dawning 6000: China launches its first homemade supercomputer

China has unveiled its first supercomputer made exclusively of Chinese components. The announcement of the Dawning 6000 was made by lead chip architect Weiwu Hu at the International Solid State Circuits Conference last week in San Francisco. It will go online this summer and run Linux.

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Japan Announces Plans to Fly Its Own Domestically Developed Stealth Fighter in 2014

Japan is looking to join the United States, China and Russia with a stealth fighter that senior Japanese air force officials say can be ready for a prototype test flight in just three years, significantly upping the ante in the intensifying battle for air superiority in the Pacific.

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'Soft' car bonnet that folds inwards on impact could save thousands of lives

Pioneering design reduces head trauma 'by 60 per cent'

A 'soft' car bonnet which folds inwards on impact could save thousands of lives every year on Britain's roads, it was claimed today.

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