China's government pledged to cut overall coal use in eastern parts of the country and said it would reduce dependency on the fuel nationwide, as leaders struggle to respond to rising public concern over choking levels of pollution. The ...
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Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) has teamed up with pharma major Pfizer, to identify new therapeutic targets to prevent and treat obesity and diabetes complications. With plans to discover new treatments for ...
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Wall Street reacted favorably by bidding the stock to a new high on the news. There were few surprises in the presentation as VF had already set targets for TNF, Vans and Timberland but the overall picture nonetheless projected an air of ...
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NHTSA Administrator David Strickland At the Consumer Reports "Fuel Economy: Now and in the Future" event last week, the theme was easy to spot: No matter what kind of car you want, you can find one today that gets good gas mileage. And ...
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It sounds like the latest instalment of a Hollywood franchise. The signs are that the third phase of the Wrap-led Courtauld Commitment to cut waste has been given high marks from the industry’s critics. And why? It appears to be ...
Tags: Philip Chadwick, Packaging
I had great expectations when we launched the Courtauld Commitment back in 2005 to reduce waste from the world of food and drink. ?And we have come further than many thought possible - to date preventing 2.3 million tonnes of waste, the ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has published version 1.2 of the Energy Star luminaires specification and released the third draft of version 1.0 of the Energy Star lamps specification – both of which are being driven by the ...
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Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources has completed drilling the vertical diamond drill hole to a total depth of 896.98 metres at its Mary Kathleen Joint Venture project in Queensland with initial assay results showing significant copper ...
Tags: Copper Resources, Drilling, metallurgical testwork, copper mineralisation
European coatings companies must deal with the widening gap between mature domestic markets Mature Domestic Markets in Europe Present Challenges Nonetheless,the poor prospects for major parts of Europe underline the challenges for its ...
The UK and Ireland division released its 2012 Creating Shared Value Plan under the banner ‘Building a Sustainable Future’. Nestlé highlighted its Easter egg range that incorporated 100% recyclable packaging and claimed ...
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BioFocus and Activiomics have formed a partnership,which will enable BioFocus to offer its customers Activiomics' proteomics services to improve identification of new targets for drug discovery and biomarkers for diagnostics. TIQUAS ...
AMCAD Engineering of Limoges,France(which provides test and modelling tools for RF and microwave IC applications)has announced an upgrade to its PIV pulse current-voltage semiconductor device analyzer family for the next generation of ...
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Post-installation service contracts adding thousands of new sales prospects, says Solarbuzz Press release, Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 12 September 2012] Previously over-looked opportunities are now emerging for solar PV systems ...
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As the revised legislation of European Union (EU) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) came into force from 13 August, the UK and other (EU) Member States have time until 14 February 2014 to bring themselves in line with the ...
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China's Ministry of Science and Technology is seeking public opinions on the recently revised goals set for the semiconductor lighting technology development under the 12th Five-Year Plan. Compared with the solid state lighting policies ...
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