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Spacewalkers Prepare Russian Module for Dumping

Expedition 30 Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko works during his spacewalk outside the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV, February 16, 2012.
A pair of Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare for the removal of a Russian docking module due to be flown into the atmosphere for incineration next year.
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Google Engineer Steve Yegge: ‘Amazingly, Nothing Bad Happened to me'

Google engineer Steve Yegge, who accidentally posted last week that the Google Plus platform was a knee-jerk reaction and a pathetic after thought posted again on Friday to let the world know that he is still employed at the company. Amazingly, nothing bad happened to me at Google, Yegge wrote on his Google+ account. Everyone just laughed at me a lot, all the way up to the top, for having committed what must be the great-granddaddy of all Reply-All screwups in tech hi...
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Women in Engineering

Why don't we have more practicing women engineers?

A recent study undertaken by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) found that workplace climate was the foremost reason behind women choosing to stay away from the engineering profession after college or quitting it after a temporary stint.
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US judge sends engineer to prison in China spy case

A former Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) engineer has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for providing secret defense information to China, exporting technical military data and other crimes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
China jails former nuclear boss to life for corruption

China jails former nuclear boss to life for corruption

A Chinese court sentenced the former head of the country's foremost nuclear firm for life for corruption. Kang Rixin, the former general manager at the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was convicted of accepting a bribe of approximately $1 million during his tenure.
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US engineer gets 15y for spying for China

A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the US space shuttle with the intent on giving it to China.
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Engineer in Ford theft case may face more charges

A Chinese engineer arrested on suspicion of stealing Ford Motor Co. trade secrets will likely face additional charges after more secret data was found on his computer, U.S. prosecutors said this week.
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SPX, India's Thermax in JV for pollution control

Diversified U.S. manufacturer SPX Corp and Indian engineering firm Thermax Ltd will jointly make air pollution control systems in India, in a venture that could bring in annual revenues of up to $100 million in five to 10 years.
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Engineer FKI maintains outlook, shares leap

Engineer FKI left its full year guidance unchanged, sending its shares as much as 10 percent higher on Monday as it soothed investors' fears that its outlook may have worsened.

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