Japanese automotive giant Honda has inaugurated its Silicon Valley R&D facility, along with its 2016 Accord flaunting first use of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. With a view to changing the automotive experience of its consumers, the ...
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The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has demonstrated the first electroluminescence from multi-layer molybdenum disulphide (MoS2), which could lead to a new class of materials for making ...
Researchers in the USA have developed vertical Schottky and pn gallium nitride (GaN) diodes on silicon with performance comparable to devices grown on much more expensive substrates [Yuhao Zhang et al, IEEE Transactions On Electron Devices, ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its international rankings of the Top 10 Countries for LEED, the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The Top 10 list highlights countries outside of ...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the outstanding shares in Yihaodian, taking full ownership of its fast-growing e-commerce business in China. Wang Lu, president and CEO of Walmart Global e-commerce in Asia, will lead ...
Lightweight composite materials firm Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has claimed that TCA Ultra Lite, currently in production for General Motors’ (GM) 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, has pared down 20lb (9kg) from the Stingray Coupe ...
Switzerland-based textile machinery manufacturer SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG has promoted its longstanding sales representative in China, Steven Lin, as sales director China. Lin will lead a newly formed sales team with the ...
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Sales will continue to grow as major companies roll out new products with long-lasting flavors in a highly competitive market Wallace Chung looked as if he had just stepped off a movie set. Dressed in an electric blue jacket with matching ...
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Impressive growth in the demand for cider in the global markets has put it squarely back on the beverage alcohol map, attracting a younger, more affluent consumer, according to the Rabobank Wine Quarterly Q3 report. "In the past decade, ...
In the emerging photovoltaic technology sector, the energy conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells have has improved incredibly quickly, from just 2% in 2006 to over 20.1% in 2015, according to IDTechEx Research's report 'The Rise ...
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Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector has continued to perform solidly, with exports growing by 10.6 per cent over the year to the first quarter of 2015, according to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) new bulletin ...
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BorgWarner supplies its wet friction technology for ZF's new eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions. The 8-speed transmission features BorgWarner's multi-segment friction plates with intricate groove designs, and the torque ...
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Japanese automotive giant Toyota's US arm has issued a callback of around 109,000 Prius v hybrid vehicles on grounds of software glitches. The recall covers those vehicles that were manufactured between 2012 and 2014. The software snag ...
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The share of total global solar photovoltaic (PV) production capacity taken by conventional crystalline silicon (x-Si) solar technologies is forecasted to decline further, from 84.7% in 2014 to 78.4% by 2019, as they approach their ...
The light-emitting diode (LED) grow-light market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.93% from 2015 to more than $1.9bn by 2020, according to the report 'LED Grow Light Market by Wattage, Type of Installation (New, ...
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