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  • Scientists Genetically Engineer Cattle Without Mad Cow Protein (Free Internet Press)Scientists said Sunday that they have used genetic engineering techniques to produce the first cattle that may be biologically incapable of getting mad cow disease. The animals, which lack a gene that is crucial to the disease's progression, were not designed for use as food. They were created so that human pharmaceuticals can be made in their blood without the danger that those products might ...


  • Tariq Engineer (The Hindu)The New Year did not start well for many cable TV viewers as most of their favourite channels went off the air on Sunday night. With the conditional access system (CAS) having come into effect from January 1, pay channels are now available only through a set-top box (STB).


  • Ben Gerwick Jr. -- helped engineer super-strong concrete supports (San Francisco Chronicle)Ben C. Gerwick Jr., a civil engineer and university professor famous in his field for his role in developing the high-strength concrete underpinnings needed to support the world's deepest offshore oil platforms and longest suspension bridges, died Monday at...


  • Seattle Times Interface Column: Catching a Ride to Work, High-Tech Style (RedNova)By Seattle Times Jan. 1--What: Goose Networks Who: Nick Shiftan, 24, founded the Seattle company in April after leaving Microsoft, where he was a Windows Mobile engineer. Shiftan hired his friend from Harvard, 25-year-old Zac Corker, as vice president of sales and marketing.


  • Robert Harmon Smith: Engineer had a zest for life (Detroit Free Press)A memorial service will be held Saturday for Robert Harmon Smith, a longtime Chrysler engineer and an amateur actor. He died Nov. 27 of pneumonia and complications from a stroke at Redwood Terrace, a nursing home in Escondido, Calif. He was 87.


  • Are gas geysers the killers? (Deccan Herald)Imagine a case where a woman is found dead with her face dipped in a bucketful of water. The young software engineer met this macabre end in a bathroom at a paying-guest accommodation at Malleswaram.


  • Aeronautical Engineer Licensure Examination Results (Philstar.com)The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 30 out of 106 passed the Aeronautical Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Aeronautical Engineering in Manila this November 2006.


  • Civil Engineer Licensure Examination Results (Philstar.com)The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 2,065 out of 4,654 passed the Civil engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Civil engineering in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and Legazpi this November 2006.


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