After making a list of the great engineering achievements of the 20th century, the National Academy of Engineering, of the United States, has recently described a list of the grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century (of no particular order):
A friend just forwarded me the following link:
http://math.rejecta.org/
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Rejecta Mathematica is a new, open access, online journal that publishes only papers that have been rejected from peer-reviewed journals (or conferences with comparable review standards) in the mathematical sciences. We are currently seeking submissions for our inaugural issue.
About Rejecta Mathematica
This is the first scientific blog for me in English though I have had three others in Chinese. I hope it's a significant beginning for my new scientific stage! Communication with top scientists and openning my view are both important issues for me in future. To be a useful scientific dog is to do some innovational things!
Launched on 9 September 2006, iMechanica is the web of mechanics and mechanicians. The mission of iMechanica is twofold:
News from the CNN.com/Technology: Digital library surpasses initial goal of 1 million books
I came across some content I used to have on my webpage a long time ago.
A new report has been published on the "leaky pipeline" question:
A persistent problem. Traditional gender roles hold back female scientists
When I came to the institute, my collaborator Kay invited me for a dinner in the new town together with his friend Thilo and other guys. The city is wisely divided into two functioning areas, old town and new town. All the ancient buildings like King’s summer palace, women’s church and opera house are in the old town; while the restaurants, bars and other modern buildings are in the new town. Each is in harmony with its environment and cultural atmosphere.
Launched on September 11, 2006, iMechanica is the web of mechanics and mechanicians. The mission of iMechanica is twofold:
Attending conferences is one of the essential professional activities for scientific researchers. Conferences take various forms, such as community-wide meetings (e.g., MRS meetings, ASME congress, APS meetings), and topic-focused meetings/workshops (e.g., Plasticity07, Gordon Research Conferences(GRC)). While people have different preferences on the types of conference to attend (e.g., see a recent iMech poll initiated by Biswajit Banerjee ), here are some common positive driving forces to motivate one to attend a conference:
