Inspired by nature and by the aviation pioneers of the early 20th century, scientists in the United States said Wednesday they had built the world's first jellyfish aircraft. The tiny, ultra-light lab machine, weighing just 2.1 grammes ...
U.S. farmers produced a record-high 13.9 billion bushels of corn last year, but demand from livestock and ethanol producers is helping support corn prices and may provide modest selling opportunities for producers in the coming months, ...
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WHEAT: U.S. wheat supplies for 2013/14 are unchanged this month, but lower expected use raises projected ending stocks 33 million bushels. Feed and residual use is lowered 60 million bushels reflecting disappearance for June-November as ...
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Like salmon in reverse, long-snouted Bandringa sharks migrated downstream from freshwater swamps to a tropical coastline to spawn 310 million years ago, leaving behind fossil evidence of one of the earliest known shark nurseries. That's ...
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The Middle East and Africa external storage market declined 8.8% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest figures from IDC. The study ‘EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker’ found that ...
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Honeybees use a pattern of light in the sky invisible to humans to direct one another to a honey source, scientists have found. Researchers at the Vision Centre have demonstrated that even on days when the sun doesn't shine, bees can ...
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Australia’s large car class continued its downward spiral in 2013 as the segment’s traditional heavyweights slumped to record lows. Large car sales slipped 14.7 per cent as a whole in 2013, and a larger 17.2 per cent in the ...
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China is facing a downward pressure on its economy growth according to the Purchasing Managers’ Index for the manufacturing sector. It fell to 51 percent in December, down from 51.4 percent in November. This newly released official ...
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As of December 31, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 84.197 million mt, indicating a decrease of 1.206 million mt or 1.41 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
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Chinese manufacturing activity declined in December, adding to pressure on communist leaders who have promised sweeping reforms to revive the slowing economy. An industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said ...
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The lead-time indicators for passive electronic components have demonstrated anemic market performance for the past two years suggesting lackluster demand from end-use markets. Raw material pricing has been trending downward, which bodes ...
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According to a new report, "Samsung Group's electronics affiliates are engulfed in a shock ignited by the Galaxy S4. Many forecast that Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Display, and Samsung SDI are expected to report disappointing ...
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China's economic growth is likely to stand at 7.6 percent this year, slightly down from 7.7 percent in 2012, said a State Council report on Wednesday. Economic growth has been higher than expected since 2011 despite a declining trend, ...
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Soybeans closed lower Monday. That is in spite of a USDA announcement of 120,000 tons of U.S. soybeans being sold to unknown destinations. According to DTN, the market was showing caution as prices approached December’s highs. The ...
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Pregnancy rates continue to decline in the United States, a federal report released Thursday shows. The rate reached a 12-year low in 2009, when there were about 102 pregnancies for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, according to the latest ...
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