New advanced materials like MOFs (metal organic frameworks), advanced high-strength steel, and carbon nanotubes have the potential to enable novel products and disrupt existing businesses. However, material commercialization timelines are ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
With the initiation of lactation and continued milk production by the dairy cow, tremendous adaptations occur to support the increased need for nutrients to support milk synthesis. Besides the increased need for energy and amino acids for ...
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Most large, clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including some that have concluded they are of no value or even harmful, have a flawed methodology that renders them largely useless in determining the real value of these micronutrients, ...
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In a study published November 20, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 42,498 men in ...
The Platts weekly magnesium ingot (minimum 99.8%) assessment was rangebound at $2,600-2,630/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged from a week earlier, amid lackluster spot trade. Spot export offers for Chinese magnesium ingot were rangebound ...
Tags: Domestic Prices, Mineral
Amazon and Walmart are issuing gift cards to some disgruntled customers after United Parcel Service failed to deliver gifts to their customers by Christmas, CNBC reported. In an apology addressed to both customers and shippers, UPS ...
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Anticorrosive coating rule table, the rule of law cathode. But once the anti-corrosion coating is damaged, exposed iron part will accelerate localized corrosion. Therefore, anti-corrosion coating and cathodic protection is relative to the ...
Tags: Spiral Steel Pipe, Construction
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) co-hosted with the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Automotive Industry Committee (CCPIT-Auto) a major one day conference on ...
If rare earth metals become even more scarce than they are today, the medical device industry could be impacted in a significant way. But according to a paper published in PNAS (via Ars Technica), not much can be done to overcome a shortage ...
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China's non-ferrous metal production continued to rise at a fast pace in October, highlighting the industry's lingering overcapacity problem, new official data showed. Combined output of 10 major non-ferrous metal expanded 12.9 percent ...
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To meet the demand of quality materials for the iron and steel industries many types of supporting agencies have emerged in these days. Many times, you will find that these agencies are not only playing an effective role in meeting the need ...
Turkey is not only a high-protein food, it contains all B vitamins, zinc, copper, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and iron, U.S. food experts say. Most cuts of turkey provide valuable amounts of protein, but skinned turkey breast ...
RWTH Aachen University has reported the first small-signal response frequency characteristics for p-channel gallium nitride (GaN) heterostructure field-effect transistors (HFETs) [Herwig Hahn et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol52, p128001, ...
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Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts and pistachios are linked to a 20 percent lower death rate, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Ying Bao of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...
Sesame oil may provide a number of important health benefits for people with type 2 diabetes, research has shown. Sesame oil is a popular ingredient in many cuisines, particularly across Asia and the Middle East. It is high in both ...
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