To reduce the risk of accidents triggered by a limited field of vision, Volvo Trucks has developed a new safety technology. The technology which is in test phase is a part of Volvo's Non-Hit Car and Truck research project. It performs a ...
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Europe has started the research project “EMC2”, which is intended to increase the performance and efficiency of embedded systems for the automotive and manufacturing industries, the Internet of Things, healthcare and aerospace. ...
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An intensive care ward at Glasgow Royal Infirmary is trialling a lighting system that has been designed to kill superbugs including MRSA, E. coli and C. diff. The HINS-light system, which has been developed by the University of ...
BOSTON – EPA is awarding $700,000 for a research project being conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst on indoor air quality affecting tribal people. The research grant is one of six awarded today for projects to identify ...
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According to the Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor Survey, which has monitored consumer shopping habits and preferences for two decades, 62% of consumers agree that cotton clothing tends to be of better quality than apparel made from ...
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According to the latest estimates, by the year 2050 there will be about 9.2 billion people living on the Earth – around 2 billion more than today. In order to be able to secure food supplies in the light of this rapid increase, ...
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Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) will further fund the expansion of the popular Lifetime Ewe Management course (LTEM), investing an additional $800,000 for the further expansion of the course to 2017. AWI has been the principal funder ...
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The Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) and Waters Corporation - a company based in Massachusetts, USA - have begun working together on a groundbreaking new research project which could one day lead to the development of ...
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American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has signed an agreement with the University of Michigan to extend their collaborative automotive research project until 2017. The collaborative automotive research efforts began in 1998 ...
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During the last decade I undertook a European research project designed to disseminate information regarding the energy consumption and environmental performance of low-energy, non-domestic buildings in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and ...
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Judit Eszter Karpati, a Budapest-based textile designer, has recently created a unique colour changing fabric that can blend itself with the colour of the background, just like a chameleon.“Made in USA” products is becoming an ...
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Opel will develop new assistance systems to increase efficiency and safety in urban transport under its participation in the UR:BAN research project (user oriented assistance systems and network management). The goal of the partly German ...
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Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond wafers have been proven by Raytheon Company to significantly outperform ...
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The FDA is providing the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) with nearly $500,000 to conduct research to better understand patient preferences, and how to integrate such preferences into the development of medical devices, the group ...
Sensirion, the Sensor Co. On May 6, a rocket will lift off bound for the International Space Station (ISS). On board will be a liquid flow sensor from Sensirion AG, St?fa, Switzerland. On May 6, a rocket will lift off bound for the ...
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