A manufacturer of glass coverings for Apple is drawing accusations of worker exploitation from Hong Kong labour groups concerned with several employee suicides at its factory in China. Hong Kong-based Biel Crystal Manufactory Limited is a ...
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The Valspar Corporation and North Dakota State University (NDSU) have announced two new scholarship programs to provide opportunities for students studying coatings and polymeric materials at NDSU. The Valspar Foundation will contribute ...
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Professor Robert Langer, David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be the honored speaker at the Axalta Distinguished Lectures sponsored by Axalta Coating Systems and hosted by the Department of ...
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Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—recently honored faculty and student achievements at the ...
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At the end of 2013, FAW Jiefang Automotive Co., Ltd Wuxi Diesel Engine Factory (FAW Jiefang Wuxi Diesel) celebrates its 70th anniversary and organizes a "Chinese Power Expertise Forum". The ceremony invites many experts from CAAM, ...
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A celebrated Chinese economist has underscored the need for China to adopt a unique pattern in its urbanization effort, much owning to the country's current urban-rural dualism that was implemented in the late 1950's. Li Yining, Honorary ...
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A new, world-class solar energy research centre to support the growth of the solar industry in Wales, and headed by one of the world's pre-eminent solar energy research scientist, has been launched today by Swansea University after being ...
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Various large and small machineries and equipments are used on a daily basis in the construction sites. Most of us do not even know about these equipments and machineries as they are not related to our work and personal life. However these ...
International semiconductor industry show SEMICON Taiwan will open on September 4th 2013. With LED lighting application development more mature than ever before, intelligent lighting, high energy efficient lighting and household lighting ...
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In China, the qin is the most respectful of all Chinese musical instruments, and it has a history of about 5,000 years. A legend states that the legendary figures of China’s pre-history, Fuxi, Shennong and Huang Di (Yellow Emperor), ...
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A proposed change to U.S. law that would allow state attorneys general to hold websites liable for content posted by users is a "dangerous path," a group of tech trade groups and legal scholars said Wednesday. A proposal by a group of ...
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Herff Jones further expands eco-offerings with the unveiling of EarthGrad, the first ever rental commencement gown made entirely from REPREVE recycled fiber. REPREVE is created from recycled plastic bottles and made by Unifi, Inc., a ...
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology never sought a federal prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy who was charged with stealing millions of academic papers from an online archive at MIT, according to a report by the ...
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A sweater by definition is a knitted top, and knitted garments have been around a very long time. So the real answer to who invented the sweater is the same answer to "who invented knitting?" Knitting by definition is the process of ...
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Taiwan's indigenous peoples were living on Taiwan well before the mass immigration of Han Chinese from southern China began in the 17th century. The classification of Taiwan's indigenous tribes has changed over time. For example, during the ...
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