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Shock-wave showdown in the Old West

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Block Rock Desert, Nevada, serves as a battleground where American and British drivers demonstrate how jet engines and gravity devices can increase the thrust of cars to defy sound barrier. Andy Green recorded the best land speed ever achieved at 763.035 mph.

Author: Stix, Gray
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
Competitions, Airplanes, Engines, Automobile racing, Airplane engines

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NUTEK: Sweden's technology interface

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NUTEK is Sweden's chief authority in the area of industrial policy, and one of its major goals is to initiate research and development activities. NUTEK's goals and activities are discussed.

Author: Birgit, Erngren
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
Sweden, Industrial development, Industrialization

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Goteborg: the high-tech region in West Sweden

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One third of Sweden's industrial capacity is located in the Gothenburg Region of West Sweden. The benefits of the area for locating companies and start-ups are discussed.

Author: Skager, Lars-Ake
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
Goteborg, Sweden

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