Belarus-based Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ) has stated that the reconstruction of two important facilities has been finished at its steel melting complex. The electrical-arc furnace No. 1 and the powder-gas catching aggregate No. 1 have ...
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New research paper about the coating of silicone implants with recombinant spider silk. AMSilk has completed preclinical testing of its proprietary silicone implant coating made from spider silk. AMSilk's coating consists of a thin layer ...
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The Abraaj Group, a UAE-based private equity investor, has entered into an agreement to acquire majority stake in Turkish dairy firm Yorsan Group, alongside the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Yorsan Group is a ...
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Uzbekistan-based steel producer Uzmetkombinat has announced that it has modernized its steel production at a cost of $17.094 million. The modernization included construction of a steel degassing facility on a turnkey basis with a capacity ...
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Scientists have developed an acoustic lens that produces pressure pulses that are so intense they're called "sound bullets." Although they are too high-pitched to be audible to the human ear, the sound bullets could have a variety of uses ...
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Cherepovets Steel Mill, one of the world's largest integrated steel mills and part of the Russian Steel division of Severstal, one of the world's leading steel and steel-related mining companies, has announced that it produced a record ...
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A new medical device has been developed that will provide phlebotomists and clinicians with a technology to enable blood drawing accuracy at first stick.This is particularly important considering the diverse patient demographic each with ...
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The first truck-mounted concrete pump of Zoomlion's first self-built overseas manufacturing base - Zoomlion Concrete Machinery Brazil Company has recently rolled off the assembly line, meaning that the branch has been capable of production. ...
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The risk of death from hip- or knee-replacement surgery has dropped substantially in recent years, a large new study finds. Dutch researchers found that since the early 1990s, death rates have fallen by almost two-thirds among Danish ...
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Researchers have developed a new type of surgical "glue" that they say could help treat children born with heart defects, such as a hole in the heart. The adhesive can quickly stick biodegradable patches inside a beating heart. Unlike ...
After years of sleuthing for clues about where and when pantherine felids ("big cats") originated, a Smithsonian scientist and an international team of researchers are one step closer to understanding the evolutionary history of these ...
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Hundreds of thousands of hip and knee replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year, and they are highly successful in eliminating pain, restoring mobility and improving quality of life. "Joint replacement, in which ...
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By the time they're two, most children have had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and suffered symptoms no worse than a bad cold. But for some children, especially premature babies and those with underlying health conditions, RSV can lead ...
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With the four-year anniversary of Haiti's devastating, 7.0 magnitude earthquake just two weeks away, Mission of Hope (MOH) a Christian nonprofit headquartered in Haiti, has developed a holistic model for long-term development and rebuilding ...
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By the time they're two, most children have had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and suffered symptoms no worse than a bad cold. But for some children, especially premature babies and those with underlying health conditions, RSV can lead ...
Tags: respiratory syncytial virus, childhood disease, kids health