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Help Save HAARP
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With all the requests by scientists and the government for money lately, here, finally, is something you can get from the government… for free. Yes, that’s right, applicable scientific and engineering...
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The View from the Front Yard 3:30 AM, August 30, 2014 Texas A&M, hot on the heels of their newfound football success has upgraded Kyle Field, their legendary football stadium where undergrads...
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In my writing studio recently, a grad student spoke about finding motivation to return from coding to writing his dissertation. My colleague opined that he while he certainly could write for long...
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Citizen Science and The Search for Sputnik IV: Part 1
The holiday season is once again upon us, and, as usual this time of year, my thoughts are running to stories of science oddities in preparation for the holiday serial. This week I’ll present a three...
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The Ecstasy and the Agony of UVM Abstraction and Encapsulation Featuring the...
An interesting thing happened on the way to arriving at a completed article about the AMIQ APB VIP: the code-base changed completely removing a layer of abstraction! It’s a pretty cool little...
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Part II of our tour through UVM reusability through TLM ports and the factory in the AMIQ APB VIP. by Hamilton Carter – Senior Editor Tuning the Receiver Part I didn’t answer how, (or indeed if), the...
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