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Part of America's past and current preeminence in applied science has been due to its vast research and development budget, which at $401.6bn in 2009 was more than double that of China's $154.1bn and over 25% greater than the European Union's $297.9bn.
American Science and Engineering Inc., (AS&E) is an American manufacturer of advanced X-ray equipment and related technologies, founded in 1958 by Martin Annis, Ph.D. Annis asked George W. Clark to join him in starting his company. Their primary work in the beginning was as a developer for NASA.
The misconception that all frogs, or at least all those found in North America, make this sound comes from its extensive use in Hollywood films. [78] [79] There is no credible evidence that the candiru, a South American parasitic catfish, can swim up a human urethra if one urinates in the water in which it lives. The sole documented case of ...
In 2004, Muller graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics. [ 6 ] Muller moved to Australia to study film-making; however, he instead enrolled for a Ph.D. in physics education research from the University of Sydney , which he completed in 2008 with a thesis: Designing ...
2005 YouTube. Born from the PayPal Mafia in 2005, YouTube is the world's most popular video sharing site. In 2006, Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. 2006 Blu-ray Disc. A digital optical disc data storage format. It was designed to supersede the DVD format, and is capable of storing several hours of video in high-definition. 2007 Nanowire ...
Outstanding contributions to science in the public interest [14] United States: Percy L. Julian Award: National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers: Black scientists who have made significant contributions to the areas of pure or applied research in science or engineering United States
Contribution of each state to US research in 2010, in terms of funding (public and private sectors) and science and engineering occupations. Source: Figure 5.6 from the UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030, based on data from National Science Foundation. The level of research spending varies considerably from one state to another.
At the international level, CIE co-hosts the bi-annual Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC). This event was first held in 1993 and organized in collaboration with the Chinese State Council of People's Republic of China. [10] [11] The second co-hosted bi-annual event is the Modern Engineering and Technology Seminars (METS).