Julie Kalista

B+ Equipment, France, created Ultipack, a machine that wedges a corrugated cardboard blank over articles in boxes for shipment.

With the end of the Cold War the Royal Navy changed its submarine-employment strategy to one with an emphasis on anti-submarine warefare to direct support of surface forces.

The Northridge earthquake, January 17, 1994, was the most costly to hit North America, with damages totaling roughly $44 billion.

Since 2000, rising oil prices, concerns over running out of oil, greenhouse gas emissions, and instability in the Middle East have pushed interest in biofuels - a renewable energy source derived from recently living organisms and their metabolic byproducts.

A mechanical system used at Southwest Research Institute to gauge the performance of various materials under force and impact will be cited for historical significance at a ceremony on December 1, 2006, in San Antonio.