What's the biggest hurdle for a technological revolution in China's water desalination sector? It's certainly not a lack of potential market. In a country where water shortages have already crippled economic development, processing ...
Reckless overuse of synthetic fertilizers is creating an ecological catastrophe, warns a recent feature in Grist magazine. In traditional farming, the nitrogen available in the soil imposes a strict limit on how much food can be grown. ...
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Last year, I penned a blog for this site, discussing the "Problem with the popularity of pouches", citing the excellent packaging qualities of pouches, but expressing concern about the inability of most to be recycled through traditional ...
UK companies are struggling to find employees with the big data and analytics skills that they need. That's according to a new report released by SAS Institute, called "Big Data Analytics: Adoption and employment trends". It suggests ...
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Like most nascent technologies, digital print is a hotbed of innovation, with countless R&D hours being poured into developing higher speed, wider web presses, achieving single pass production and improving colour consistency. But how ...
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Hunter Engineering Co. introduced its first tire changer at the 2013 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show in Las Vegas. The Revolution Tire Changer is fully automatic, according to the company. It utilizes the following ...
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Google Glass and other smartglass technology will force CIOs to take a fresh look at their bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes as wearable computing begins to make headway into the workplace as early as 2017. That's according to ...
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OrSense, a developer of solutions for non-invasive measurements of various blood parameters, announced that it has received the US Food and Drug Administration clearance for its NBM-200MP, noninvasive hemoglobin (Hb) and pulse oximetry ...
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Enterprises and service providers are looking beyond collections of boxes and toward virtual data centers that are better at growing and changing, and now application services such as security and acceleration are about to fit into that ...
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Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, Thursday asked visiting US energy secretary Ernest Moniz to move forward the two countries' bilateral agreement on methane hydrate cooperation, a METI source said. The ...
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Better data sharing, an improved national data infrastructure and recognising and developing data science as a professional discipline are the main commitments the government is making in "seizing the data opportunity", according to a ...
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Puratos introduces Cremfil Ultim, fillings that offer the bakery and patisserie industry an answer to consumer demands for indulgence, health and convenience – the three aspects that have been driving growth in snacking over recent ...
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Subaru has teased a new concept car ahead of its official unveiling at next month’s Tokyo motor show. Said to be a “new sports tourer prototype” due to launch in production form in Japan in 2014, Subaru says the Levorg ...
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Southeast Asia may be the next growth market for energy comparable to China and India, industry players said at an energy industry forum on Monday. Fatih Birol, chief economist of the inter-governmental International Energy Agency, said ...
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British craft beer brewer BrewDog is set to invest £5m in the expansion of its Ellon brewery later in October 2013. It is also planning to expand its management team, brewery and bars in a move to increase its turnover to £19m ...
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