Fast food restaurants take a lot of heat for the rise in obesity in the United States, but is it really their fault? A research survey conducted by two food economists revealed that most people believe individuals are to blame for their own ...
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Nanotechnology is a thriving science. Parts for computers for example are becoming smaller and more precise by the minute. One of the most efficient computers would be the so-called quantum computer. Up to now, its existence has been merely ...
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Digitalisation – the third era of enterprise IT – has begun, but most CIOs do not feel prepared for this next era, according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner. The survey shows many CIOs feel overwhelmed by the prospect of ...
Google recently sent several of its employees to meet with staff from FDA’s medical device branch. Bloomberg speculates that the new product could be tied to biosensors. The employees in question hail from the company’s Google ...
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But in making the most precise measurements ever of the shape of electrons, a team of Harvard and Yale scientists, led by Harvard's Gerald Gabrielse, the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics, John Doyle, professor of physics, and ...
Tags: Higgs boson, shape of electrons, Standard Model, theory of nature
Moore's new law is that big data will lead to big science. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation plans to give US$1.5 million grants (in $200 000 to $300 000 yearly installments) to 15 worthy interdisciplinary scientists who can develop and ...
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Moore's new law is that big data will lead to big science. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation plans to give US$1.5 million grants (in $200 000 to $300 000 yearly installments) to 15 worthy interdisciplinary scientists who can develop and ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Big Data, Computer Products
Maybe you read my post a few weeks ago predicting the end of the marketing campaign. My colleague Jennifer Beck sure did, because she's pretty much beaten me about the head with it ever since. "That's wrongheaded," she said, referring to ...
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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A study says 1-in-4 U.S. adults reports feeling "extreme stress" this time of year, but a childhood expert suggests ways to develop holiday resilience. Nefertiti Bruce, early childhood specialist and national trainer at the Devereux ...
The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) recently hosted a practical workshop for technical lighting students at The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, part of the University of London. The 'Light Play' workshop was ...
MAPEI has produced a free app for tablets and smart phones that is now available in the app stores for both Apple and Android applications. “This app will make it easier for flooring contractors and installers to access information ...
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A spike in the front-quarter CIF ARA c had eastern US coal export executives guessing Wednesday how much the out-of-the-money range for Central Appalachian thermal coal prices had narrowed. Platts assessed Wednesday the API2 Q1 2014 ...
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A couple of researchers from the University of Alberta (U-A) in Canada say they have come up with a novel new way to eventually end the practice of having to apply environmentally-harmful fertilizer chemicals to commercial crops. ...
Tags: overuse, agricultural, chemical, fertilizer
Managing fuel economy, services charges, part prices and downtime are all an integrated function of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for any fleet, so at Daimler, cis one standout method they have employed to offer the best in customer ...