Engineers
Baltimore engineers begin clearing bridge wreckage to reopen channel
The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesEngineers in Maryland on Saturday began lifting a piece of Francis Scott Key Bridge out of the waterway in Baltimore, the first step in a long process …
Google Engineer’s Controversial Call to Ignore Criticism Rocks Developer Community
(Photo: Unsplash) Recent remarks from a Google engineer Rick Byers have sparked widespread criticism over the openness of dialogue surrounding Google’s controversial Web Environment Integrity (WEI) API proposal. With a career spanning 12 years at Google and over 6 years at Microsoft prior to that, Byers is no stranger to complex technical discussions and heated debates. However, …
Fort Drum, Army Corps of Engineers officials break ground on new UAS facility | Article
1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Travis McIntosh, 10th CAB commander, addresses attendees at the ground-breaking ceremony May 12 for the new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) hangar at Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: Michael Strasser) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption …
AstraZeneca says shortage of engineers preventing further sharing of vaccine technology
AstraZeneca has said it does not have enough engineers to further share its vital Covid vaccine technology with other global manufacturers, as other pharmaceutical giants face growing pressure to relinquish their control over the production of the life-saving jabs. Amid a global shortage of supplies, health campaigners have called on the likes of AstraZeneca, Pfizer, …
AstraZeneca says it can’t share its vaccine technology because engineers are unavailable
(Getty Images) AstraZeneca recently said it had no engineers to assist in the transfer of Covid-19 vaccine technology. The statement by the company’s CEO was made during a shareholder Q&A. It has drawn criticism from campaign groups and other industry observers. For more stories visit Business Insider. Health industry observers and social justice groups have …
Apple already working on 6G technology
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — While many people haven’t started using 5G technology for their smartphones, Apple is already working on the next best thing. The company just launched its first Iphones with 5G wireless speeds a few months ago, but it’s already working on 6G technology. It’s believed that when 6G becomes available, it could …
Women engineers at BBVA. Science and technology is also a girl thing
A few years ago, and even today, when talking about computers, programming, and software development, the first stereotype that comes to mind is that of a computer geek: a person (usually male) with weak social skills who is smart, disheveled, obsessed with computers, self-taught, and works around the clock. But that is not an accurate …
30 female engineers from India ask Silicon Valley to do better on caste discrimination
Silicon Valley’s diversity issues are well documented: It’s still dominated by White and Asian men, and Black and Latino workers remain underrepresented. But for years, as debates about meritocracy raged on, the tech industry’s reliance on Indian engineers allowed another type of discrimination to fester. And Dalit engineers like Kaila say U.S. employers aren’t equipped …
Scientists, engineers from India, US can widen research under special technology fund: Indian Ambassador
Scientists and engineers from India and the US can widen their opportunities for research under the COVID-19 Virtual Networks that is being developed as part of the India-US Science and Technology Endowment Fund(IUSTEF), Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said. Speaking at a webinar titled India-US Partnership, healthcare and medical research, Sandhu said scientists …
Engineers Design Nanoparticles To Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
One promising strategy to treat cancer is stimulating the body’s own immune system to attack tumors. However, tumors are very good at suppressing the immune system, so these types of treatments don’t work for all patients. MIT engineers have now come up with a way to boost the effectiveness of one type of cancer …
