Chinese car maker Geely will start selling vehicles co-developed with Volvo from 2015, according to latest reports. Bloomberg reports Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd, which purchased Volvo from Ford for US$1.8 billion in 2010, is to ...
The BMW X5 eDrive concept has been revealed ahead of its unveiling at next month’s Frankfurt motor show. It is the first time the brand brings together all-wheel-drive and hybrid technology, teaming a 70kW electric motor and ...
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A revised Volkswagen Caddy BlueMotion has been revealed ahead of its debut at next month’s Frankfurt motor show. Claimed as the “most fuel-efficient Caddy ever”, the updated van is powered by a tweaked version of the ...
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Germany-based researchers claim a record on-current for an enhancement-mode (e-mode) gallium nitride (GaN) metal insulator semiconductor heterostructure field-effect transistor (MISHFET) on silicon (Si) substrate [Herwig Hahn et al, Jpn. J. ...
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The market share of Apple's iPad fell dramatically in China during the second quarter as a result of competition from Android tablets made by little-known "white box" vendors. The iPad has historically dominated China's tablet market, ...
The new Crayola Collection of glass mosaic tiles was recently unveiled at Crayola's Easton, Pennsylvania headquarters in a whimsical mural depicting an inviting cartoon figure of a Crayola crayon. In bringing this beautiful, awe-inspiring ...
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In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. First stage ...
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Researchers based in the USA have used a double-heterostructuring based on order-disorder properties of aluminium indium phosphide (AlInP) to produce 'amber-green' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Theresa M. Christian et al, J. Appl. Phys., ...
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Working with lots and lots of cables means that you need to keep track of them, the last thing you want is a confusing bunch of spaghetti that you have to sort through, you need to have it all well marked so that you know what each and ...
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More than 40 years have passed since Sally Priesand was ordained as the first female rabbi in the U.S. Since then, more than 800 female rabbis — including 647 in the Reform movement — have graduated from several seminaries, ...
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Researchers in South Korea and USA have been developing graded-composition superlattice electron-blocking layers (GSL-EBLs) for nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Jun Hyuk Park et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol103, p061104 ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in early August (Aug. 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.76 million mt, up 5.5 percent ...
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The Brazil Steel Institute (IABr) has announced a revision of its steel production and trade forecasts for 2013. Accordingly, Brazil's crude steel production is expected to reach 34.5 million mt in the current year, almost the same as the ...
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A malicious software tool perhaps most famously used to hack RSA's SecurID infrastructure is still being used in targeted attacks, according to security vendor FireEye. Poison Ivy is a remote access trojan (RAT) that was released eight ...
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The Lenzing Group was not immune to the continuous downward price development on the marketplace in the first half-year 2013. Nevertheless, against the backdrop of declining sales, Lenzing generated earnings in line with expectations but ...
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