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US Sheet Steel Prices Are Turning Lower

Feb 10, 2014

US sheet steel prices are turning lower, sources said Thursday, due to a combination of lackluster demand, import concerns, and a slight weakening of discipline at the mill level. Platts lowered its hot-rolled coil assessment from ...

Tags: Steel Sheet, Weak Demand

LED Lighting Penetration Rates Continue to Rise

Feb 9, 2014

Another wave of industry restructuring is expected to occur in Taiwan and China as LED lighting penetration rates continue to rise, according to Chinese-language Apple Daily report. LEDinside and Photonics Industry and Technology ...

Tags: LED Industry, LED Lighting

Vantage Canadian Swine Producers Have Had Over Their U.S. Counterparts

Feb 8, 2014

A Manitoba swine veterinarian says the advantage Canadian swine producers have had over their U.S. counterparts in dealing with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea is they've had considerable advance warning that the virus is coming. With recent ...

Tags: addressing pedv, PRRS, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea, pork producers

Hetlioz Has Been Approved by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Feb 8, 2014

Hetlioz (tasimelteon) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat a sleep condition caused by a completely blind person's inability to regulate the body clock by recognizing light from dark. The condition is ...

Tags: blind person's inability, new drug

A Child Arrives at a Hospital Emergency Room for Treatment for Injuries Caused by TVs

Feb 8, 2014

As you prepare for your Super Bowl party, make sure the televisions in your home are in safe locations and properly secured so they don't fall on children. Every 45 minutes, a child in the United States arrives at a hospital emergency ...

Tags: TV Safety, properly secured

Google Will Sell The Business to Lenovo for US $2.91 Billion

Feb 8, 2014

After first acquiring Motorola Mobility in 2012, Google has today announced that it will sell the business to Lenovo for US $2.91 billion, a figure dramatically lower than the US $12.5 billion that Google paid to acquire the brand. ...

Tags: acquired, fast-growing mobile space

Distributors Are Responding by Reaching Beyond Their Traditional Customer Base for Growth

Feb 8, 2014

The “continuous improvement” mantra still echoes throughout the supply chain. As 2014 gets underway, many distributors are responding by reaching beyond their traditional customer base for growth. A pointed example is the ...

Tags: Continuous improvement, supply chain

Sodium-Ion Batteries Offer an Attractive Alternative to Li-ion Batteries

Feb 8, 2014

Sodium-ion batteries offer an attractive alternative to Li-ion batteries not because they outperform Li-ion batteries, but mainly because of lower costs due to the the nearly unlimited supply of sodium. They are also an attractive ...

Tags: Li-ion batteries, ACS Nano, 2-D materials

Big Changes of IEEE Spectrum on Your Phone

Feb 8, 2014

If you routinely visit IEEE Spectrum on your phone, you've probably noticed some big changes recently. If you've never tried looking at this site on your phone, now's the perfect time to start! We've made major overhauls to the the mobile ...

Tags: IEEE Spectrum, Flash Necessary, mobile improvements, Speed

China Is Now Rushing to Introduce Industrial Robots

Feb 8, 2014

Having grown into the world’s factory through an abundance of cheap labor, China is now rushing to introduce industrial robots in response to rising wages and a worker shortage created by its one-child policy. The casting industry ...

Tags: cheap labor, casting industry, robot business

Israel Has Been a Hotbed of Medical Technology for Well Over a Decade

Feb 8, 2014

There were several in the past few months alone – Covidien acquired Given Imaging for $860 million (this is Covidien’s fourth Israeli company acquisition in a little over 18 months); Baxter acquired FlowSense for $9.5 million; ...

Tags: medical technology, medical device

Zidua Herbicide Receives Federal Registration for Wheat

Feb 8, 2014

New wheat herbicide, new sorghum and corn hybrids, multi-hybrid planter, and new partnerships all on the horizon. Zidua herbicide receives federal registration for wheat BASF announced that Zidua herbicide has received federal ...

Tags: wheat herbicide, agriculture

Cattle Producers Face New Challenges as Cattle Market Reaches New Heights

Feb 8, 2014

Cattle producers across the country face new challenges as the cattle market reaches new heights. Even though feed and fertilizer are less expensive than in years past, the cost of many agricultural inputs is on the rise. To help beef ...

Tags: Cattlemen, Texoma, risk, opportunity

Some U.S. Behavioral Health Is Improving and More Are Getting off of Heroin

Feb 8, 2014

Some U.S. behavioral health is improving -- the rate of prescription pain reliever abuse dropped, and more are getting off of heroin, health officials say. A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of ...

Tags: prescription pain reliever abuse, teen, behavioral health problems

Australia Said It Had Made "Substantial" Progress on UNESCO Benchmarks

Feb 8, 2014

Australia said it had made "substantial" progress on UNESCO benchmarks for protection of the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in a report aimed at staving off a world heritage downgrade. Environment Minister Greg Hunt said a progress report ...

Tags: Reef Protection, Electronics

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