Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA) condemns the decision by the Federal Government to cut all funding to ECA and to abandon its ethical procurement guidelines. This decision will harm vulnerable home workers and ethical Australian businesses ...
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Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) has announced the holding of mock trading of hot rolled coil (HRC) futures at the SHFE on Friday, March 7. If all goes well, it is thought that trading of HRC futures could be launched at the SHFE by the end ...
Renault has provided a fresh look at its celebrated city car, the first-generation Twingo. This move comes two decades after the company launched the first version of Twingo. The brand's engineers and designers started from a blank sheet ...
Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, announced its 2013 financial results. Organic sales growth was 7% (5% DKK, 8% LCY), EBIT grew by 6% and net profit by 9%, and the EBIT margin increased by 0.3 percentage ...
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South Korean steel giant POSCO has received the green light to finally start work on its planned $12 billion steel plant in India in the coming weeks, India's prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday, January 16, at a press conference ...
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UV, blue and far-red light can prevent the development of edema on some plants in the tomato family. Edema is a physiological disorder characterized by watery blisters or tumors that often form along leaf veins. It can develop on plants, ...
Tags: Edema, Light Quality, Development of Edema
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has announced that it has approved the proposed merger between Indian steelmakers Uttam Galva Steels Limited (UGSL) and Shree Uttam Steel and Power Limited (SUSPL). The CCI stated that the ...
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Researchers based in Korea and Egypt have used wafer thinning to increase the efficiency of nitride semiconductor green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Wael Z. Tawfik et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p122103, 2013]. The contributing ...
Apple has filed for a new patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled “Quantum dot-enhanced display having diachronic filter” for enhancement of color accuracy in displays. This patent shows the company’s ...
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Full-length trailer tails may finally get the green light in Canada. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says a change to Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 223 (CMVSS 223) could pave the way for the fuel-saving devices, which extend ...
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Currently, there are no full length boat tails operating on Canadian highways, but that could soon change. Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 223 (CMVSS 223) published a regulation change that will allow for more "boat tail" designs ...
Tags: Transportation, Boat Tails Trailing, Auto Parts, Truck
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics will defer kicking off production at its factory in Kunshan, eastern China, from the end of 2013 as originally scheduled to after the 2014 Lunar New Year which falls on January 31, ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED, LED flip chips
The mighty Dodge Challenger is looking likely for an Australian launch as Fiat Chrysler looks to strengthen the Dodge brand locally. Speaking to CarAdvice in Detroit, Fiat Chrysler Group Australia director of corporate affairs Karla Leach ...
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Japan’s Tottori University has produced blue-green light-emitting diode (LED) structures using zinc sulfide telluride (ZnSTe) material [Kunio Ichino et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p112102, 2013]. The researchers see their work as ...
First, the US had a debate over whether or not to regulate the currency for a long time and didn't give it green light until this Monday. It means the virtual money has taken a big step toward becoming a mainstream currency. Second, ...
Tags: Bitcoins, economy, web service