The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that 22 communities will receive technical assistance to pursue development strategies that support smart growth and sustainability goals and encourage local economic ...
Tags: housing, transportation, environmental protection, Construction
Softblock is one half of molo’s softwall+softblock modular system. Softblock can be thought of as paper partition building blocks that stack and attach end to end, then quickly reconfigure to fulfil new functions. Their modular design ...
Tags: wall, window, even ceiling structure, Furniture
The Center for Nanoscale Science, a US National Science Foundation-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Penn State University, has been awarded a six-year, $15m grant to continue research on materials at the ...
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA and fellow RF component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA have completed their merger to form Qorvo Inc, a provider of what is claimed to be the industry’s broadest ...
Tags: gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, bulk acoustic wave, Electrical
Toy Industries of Europe (TIE) has teamed up with UNICEF this Christmas to provide disadvantaged children with play materials in order to allow them to experience the fun, benefits and magic of play. UNICEF’s Early Childhood ...
Tags: natural disasters, earthquakes, cyclones, Toys
AkzoNobel is part of a major Dutch partnership working with Canada’s Enerkem to explore the use of waste streams as a feedstock for chemical production and the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities. The collaboration features ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Chemicals Feedstock
The Passive House “Bruck” built by Landsea Group at its Green Building Research and Development Center in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, China was inaugurated and certified by the Passive House Institute of Germany. This is the ...
Tags: Landsea, Construction, Decoration
SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area plaintiffs attorney Joseph Saveri has launched price-fixing allegations against more than a dozen electronics manufacturers over tiny electrical components found in nearly all household technology. Among the ...
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Germany based TÜV Rheinland, a worldwide leader in Testing, Training, Inspection, Consulting and Certification, has announced that it has bagged the 2014 European Customer Value Enhancement Award in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ...
Tags: TUV Rheinland, EMC Testing, Textile
Mothercare plc, the leading international mother and baby retailer, issues the following trading update, which covers the 15 week period to 12 July 2014. Overview for Q1 - 15 weeks to 12 July 2014 -International back to double-digit ...
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The Linde Group and BASF SE intended to cooperate in developing and licensing processes for the on-purpose production of linear butenes and butadiene. BASF has developed process technology and catalysts as well as the extraction ...
Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA and Cascade Microtech Inc of Beaverton, OR, USA have announced a strategic alliance to provide fully configured and validated RF measurement solutions that streamline wafer-level ...
AkzoNobel inaugurated its new, highly efficient chlorine membrane electrolysis plant in the Rhein-Main area, Germany. The Frankfurt-based plant is the result of a major conversion and expansion project begun in 2011 and involving a ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, chlorine membrane electrolysis
Summer initiative aims to help children and parents recognise the value of outdoor play MEGA BRANDS is launching a range of retail promotions and offers designed around a 'Get out and Play' theme, set to boost sales of its First Builders ...
Tags: Toys
Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL researchers (l to r) Dr. Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather Willauer, and Dr. David Drab ...
Tags: Energy, liquid hydrocarbon fuel, fuel