The organisation, representing the aluminium packaging producers, reprocessors, foil converters, can makers, fillers and brand owners in the UK, is confident of reaching a 46% aluminium packaging recycling target. However, despite ...
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Old materials are new again as companies scramble to replace polycarbonate dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction and repulsion to ...
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 phone will launch in April and will the first smartphone to feature a dedicated heart rate monitor. Mounted near the device's flash, the monitor requires users to place a finger on the sensor to measure the pulse ...
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CRAIC Technologies of San Dimas, CA, USA has introduced the FilmPro film thickness measurement software package, designed to plug in to the firm’s microspectrophotometers and their controlling Lambdafire software to allow measure ...
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Anta Sports Products Ltd. reported revenues declined 4.5 percent in its year ended Dec. 31, to 7.281 billion yuan ($1.18 billion) compared with 7.622 billion yuan in 2012. Net profit slid 3.2 percent in the same period to 1.314 billion ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Anta Sports
Using graphite pencils to draw on regular paper, researchers can make some very inexpensive piezoresistive (PZR) sensors. Due to the piezoresistive effect, a sensor's resistance changes under an applied strain, allowing it to sense ...
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A stroll through the produce aisle in your local grocery store exhibits a plethora of vivid colors. From opposing hues, like red apples next to green celery, to subtler variations, such as light to dark purple grapes, every color seems to ...
Silentnight has invested in a new fleet of 16 state-of-the-art Scania G-Series vehicles, helping the UK bed specialist continue its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. The new fleet has been given a personal touch by bringing to ...
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested the Indian Government not to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) into India in view of its demand supply mismatch, which according to latest estimates ...
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From the release of connected bracelets, watches and even a smart toothbrush to a future of one-second high-definition movie downloads, the mobile world is developing rapidly. Here are five major trends to emerge at the four-day World ...
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Ultra-compact yellow LED for extreme demands in headlamps The yellow Oslon Compact LED from Osram immediately opens up new design options for turn indicators in vehicle forward lighting. With package dimensions of 1.5 mm x 1.9 mm x 0.7 mm ...
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Aeroflex Holding Corp. ("Aeroflex") (NYSE:ARX), a leading global provider of high performance microelectronic components, and test and measurement equipment, today announced the acquisition of Shenick Network Systems ("Shenick"), a leading ...
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For seniors, every extra hour a day spent sitting is linked to double the risk of being disabled no matter how much exercise people get, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dorothy Dunlop, a professor of medicine at Northwestern ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced that it has suspended production at its smallest iron ore mine Yarrie in Western Australia as an additional productivity measure, until further notice. The company said that the employees at the ...
As maddening as it is to see litter and other castoff remains of modern civilization in the wild, certain items can be can be a welcome find in a survival situation. One of the most enduring and useful trash items is the beer bottle, which ...
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