Qorvo Inc, a provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, says that it has scaled its proprietary QGaN25 gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) process to produce ...
In the first fortnight of August, cotton prices kept on rising in the Brazilian market, pushed up by the low domestic supply and although harvesting season has begun. According to a CEPEA report, sellers pulled back and held on to good ...
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According to the latest USDA report, the 2015 US cotton crop is projected at 14.5 million bales, unchanged since May and 11 per cent below the 2014 crop. “Despite a decrease in planted area reported in the June acreage report, ...
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New vehicle segments don't come around often. So when Mazda had the opportunity to create its very own subcompact crossover to tackle the urban sprawl, as well as the road less-traveled, it did so the only way it would – with the ...
Virginia Tech is set to launch a new $14m Dairy Science Complex located at Kentland Farm in Montgomery County, Virginia, US. The new facility has been designed to further Virginia Tech's dairy science program. Featuring latest ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XHP35 family of LEDs, which yields 50% more light output than Cree's previous highest-performing single-die LED, setting a new performance standard for the 3.5mm footprint. Built on ...
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Lower consumption of cotton will lead to higher ending stocks for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 relative to last month, says the US department of agriculture (USDA) in its estimate for this month’s world cotton supply and demand. For ...
On May 1, 2012, residents of Albany and Avon, Minnesota, were delayed from delivering May Day baskets when a sudden storm dropped buckets of rain on the towns. The May Day storm brought 2 to 3 inches of rain in one hour. It was a minor ...
International cotton prices may remain stable in 2015/16, though this will depend in part on changes in world cotton stocks. “In 2014/15, world ending stocks are forecast up 9 per cent to 21.9 million tons, reflecting a stock-to-use ...
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The overseas investment returns of the nation's sovereign wealth fund sank last year amid a fragile world economy and soft commodity prices, according to figures released on Friday. China Investment Corp said that net annual returns on ...
The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2015 (ended 3 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $320m, up 4.5% on about $306m both a year ago and last quarter. The ...
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In its latest report, USDA has projected the global 2015/16 cotton production to decline 6 per cent from the previous season to 111.3 million bales. “Lower crops are forecast for most major cotton-producing countries in 2015/16, ...
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Researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed new methods to increase sesame crop yields while improving the seeds' nutritional quality. As part of the research, the university's agricultural researcher Zvi Peleg tested ...
Solar Junction Corp (SJC) of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes what are reckoned to be the highest-efficiency commercially available multi-junction solar cells for terrestrial concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) applications, has announced plans ...