For astronomers, a well-lit city means a sky unavailable for study. Worse, light pollution is blamed for affecting bird migration, sea turtle hatching, and wildlife mating and feeding routines. Researchers at National Central University, ...
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Snow in the Northeast and the Rockies—even in Phoenix—along with rain and flooding in the Midwest have created late-winter challenges for bike retailers and their suppliers. Cycling-crazy Boulder has received 48 inches of snow ...
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Alberta's government will spend C$206 million ($200.7 million) to fund five oil sands-related pilot projects aimed at increasing bitumen recoveries and reducing fresh water usage for in-situ facilities, the province's Department of Energy ...
Production by the world's largest diamond producer De Beers has been consistently going down past many years and as a result now India's DTC (Diamond Trading Company, rough diamond distribution arm of De Beers) sightholders are facing acute ...
Tony Lo offered a thumbnail sketch of the global cycling market through Tony’s Report — a short weather report for the industry. Europe? The weather has been cloudy, rainy and windy. First quarter sales were hammered by bad ...
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The availability of solar panels and LEDs (light emitting diodes) have enabled the illumination of roads and streets in areas where it is difficult or costly to access power. This is not only for remote areas because even in densely ...
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ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) brought together five utility companies in February 2013 to witness the successful submergence tests of the CUP-TWL, a turbine driven safety pump that offers significant safety ...
ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy convene utilities to witness submergence tests of the CUP-TWL pump ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX Brand, and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) brought together five utility companies in February 2013 ...
ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy convene utilities to witness submergence tests of the CUP-TWL pump ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX Brand, and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) brought together five utility companies in February 2013 ...
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Application stories in this issue look at energy efficiency, fire fighting and HVAC. The story 'Solar power brings community benefits' examins affordable solar irrigation technology using solar PV pumps. The features also contain their ...
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Grundfos was a primary supplier for the large-scale project for the refurbishment and expansion of the largest wastewater treatment plant in the Balkans. The Sofia wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at Kubratovo treats the domestic ...
The time spread for gasoil swaps in Singapore narrowed 15 cents/barrel day on day to a seven-week low of plus 3 cents/b for April/May Wednesday, because of low regional gasoil demand and concerns over increased exports from China and India, ...
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South African textile and apparel industry is facing several challenges, including macroeconomic influences of Asian imports and the domestic labor challenges, and hence the performance of the industry may reamin stable in the coming years, ...
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dilitronics has created a stylish atmosphere in the new SCALA Turm Hotel's rooms by using integrated LED light stripes in the ceilings and walls that are controlled by guests. The developer of LED drivers and LED system solutions, ...
Apple's U.S. retail Mac sales were up for the first month of the quarter, but not to the extent recently claimed by a Wall Street analyst, the NPD Group said today. Earlier this week, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, citing NPD data, ...
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