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The article offers information related to the development of the Hydrocarbon processing industry in 1950s. The 1950s marked an evolution in the use of oil by various nations. Across the world, nations were investing in new refining capacity to satisfy demand for refined fuels. The 1950s was also a time of new technological discoveries for the refining and petrochemical industries that includes petrochemical processes to produce higher octane fuels and new derivatives of polyethylene.

The article discusses the global increased use of oil and refinery technological advances in the 1950s. Topics covered include the development of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene, the Ziegler-Natta research on catalyst polymerization, and the commercialization of polycarbonate and emulsion technology. Also noted is the start of the computer-integrated manufacturing era in 1959.

The article offers information related to growing presence of computers in chemistry labs. It is noted that tools that are truly essential to doing good chemistry are quickly becoming the ones that precisely control experiments, gather massive amounts of data, and enable chemists to sort through it all. It is noted that computer control is a staple of analytical chemistry, as embodied in automated chromatography and mass spectrometry.

Have developed a fully integrated, sensorized robot finger. Until now, touch sensors have been difficult to integrate into robot fingers. It was critical to be sure all contacts on all sides of the finger were covered-we essentially built a tactile robot finger with no blind spots.". [Extracted from the article]

The author discusses her conversation with American electronic musician Surf Mesa about the start of his career, and the success of his song "ILY (I Love You Baby)" on the "Billboard" magazine's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

The article provides information on a global science information gateway, which will be called Science.world, to be developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) in partnership with The British Library. The gateway aims to make science information resources of many nations accessible via a single Internet portal. Raymond L. Orbach, under secretary for science for the DOE, signed the agreement with Lynne Brindley, chief executive of The British Library. The new portal will use the model of Science.gov, which has served as the gateway to reliable information about science and technology from across federal government organizations.

The article reports that an automatic shutdown on July, 4 2015 of New Horizons due to an anomaly was identified and the controllers would resume collecting science data at Pluto on July 7. It also states that the data lost during shutdown would not affect any of the mission's primary science objectives like characterizing the global geology and morphology of Pluto and its moon Charon but the secondary objectives had suffered minimal losses.

The author explores her views on the transformative effect of computers on the chemical sciences. Topics include the continued growth of the role of computers and computation in the field of chemistry, the intersection between computers and chemistry, and the differences between ubiquitous computing and the concept of ubiquitous chemistry.

The article focuses on the use of computational methods by the U.S. Air Force in building aircraft. Topics discussed include the use of advanced composite materials by the Air Force and several commercial aerospace manufacturers, such as General Electric, Boeing, and Europe's Airbus, to build the bodies and engine parts of the aircraft, Ohio company Proof Research designs and manufactures the materials, and integrated approach to material design and production.

Features several Web sites about scientific computing and instrumentation. CSC Mathematical Topics; Links provided by Galaxy's search engine; MathSearch.

Features several equipment and supplies for use in scientific computing and instrumentation. DAQ Designer 2003 configuration advisor; MINITAB Release 13; Free technology ebroadcast.

Reports that Dialog Corp. will enhance a number of scientific and technical files in its database. Use of the collection by information professionals and researchers in a number of industries, including the pharmaceutical industry; Work of Dialog in providing scientific and technical information.