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PULSE makes explosive readings

Building warships from composite materials and designing and building stealth submarines are specialities of Swedish defence shipbuilder Kockums AB. When designing these types of crafts, crucial demands are placed on their noise, vibration and shock response properties.

Putting the surface microphone through its paces at Airbus

Based in Toulouse, France, Airbus is a global company with design and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, the U.K. and Spain. The cooperation between the various entities that make up Airbus, goes back to the 1920s.

Why do cats purr? Solving the mystery!

Ever since the Egyptians started worshipping the cat, philosophers, scientists and cat lovers worldwide have wondered: Why do cats purr? Today, Brüel & Kjær has solved the age-old mystery using accelerometers.