The BBC is to abandon a £98m digital production system and suspend its chief technology officer (CTO), John Linwood, after the organisation's chief executive Tony Hall said it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money". ...
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Kim Kisslinger, seen here with a focused-ion beam instrument, reduced the InGaN samples to a thickness of just 20 nanometers to prepare them for electron microscopy. From the high-resolution glow of flat screen televisions to light bulbs ...
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A number of ducal states similar to city-states in ancient Greece existed in China during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-221BC). These states contended with one another for supremacy efforts to conquer neighbors and ...
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Street lights in front of Castlegate in Aberdeen, Scotland. Every street light in Scotland could be fitted with low-energy LED bulbs as part of ambitious plans to cut CO2 emissions, ministers said on Thursday. The Scottish government ...
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The Weir Group PLC (?Weir?) announces that Lord Smith of Kelvin will step down as Chairman, and from the Board, with effect from 31 December 2013. Lord Smith has been in the role since 1 July 2002. The Board is pleased to announce the ...
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Preceding days On the eighth day of the lunar month prior to Chinese New Year, a traditional porridge known as làbāzhōu is served in remembrance "of an ancient festival, called Là, that occurred shortly after the ...
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The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), which represents the Scotch whiskey industry, is to appeal against the Scotland Court of Session for rejecting their petition to review the Scotland government’s plan to introduce minimum unit ...
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday has reportedly been identified, according to numerous news agencies. CNN was the first to report that a suspect had been identified in the bombing, which killed three people and left more ...
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London Collections: Men is set to be the strongest showcase of menswear this summer with over 60 designers confirmed to show in London between 16th – 18th June 2013. The line-up of shows and events sees some of menswear’s most ...
Belfast City Hall has become the very first building in Europe to have an innovative new 'intelligent' outdoor lighting solution installed, illuminating the building in an array of up to 16 million different colour combinations. As one of ...
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Hudson's Bay Company reported its results for the 14-week and 53-week periods ended February 2, 2013. The 14-week period was characterized by strong same-store sales growth at Hudson's Bay in Canada and early progress on cost reduction ...
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The Coatings Industry is playing its part in helping meet the UK Government’s ambition to double export receipts to £1 trillion by 2020. Figures from the latest Building Materials & Components Report published by the Department ...
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Chinese embroidery boasts a very long history. As the "Longevity embroidery" and "Token embroidery" unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, indicate, it reached a rather high level of development some 2000-3000 ...
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Macy’s, Inc. announced that it will expand its online order fulfillment center in Goodyear, AZ, to accommodate continued sales growth as part of the company’s omnichannel strategy. The company is expected to invest more than $35 ...
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The landmark comes nine months after the 15m facility was opened by former waste minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Continuum is now reported to be responsible for processing more than half of the UK's bottle-grade rPET and has helped ...
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