The concept of integrated pest management (IPM) first developed during the 1950s and 60s out of concern among scientists and the public that overreliance on pesticides was creating secondary pest management and environmental problems. ...
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Soils of southern South America, including Patagonia, have endured a high frequency of disturbances from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, and erosion. In addition, massive fires in the mid-20th century were set to forests in the ...
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The US acrylonitrile domestic assessment rose to a nine-month high at $1.01/lb ($2,226.64/mt) delivered Tuesday, a rise of 4 cents/lb week on week, on higher feedstock chemical-grade propylene. The last time the domestic assessment was at ...
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You will find an automatic valve actuator working hard in many commercial and industrial applications, such as petrol refineries, oil plants, waste water management plants, and even in some sea-water marine mining and construction ventures. ...
After an impressive showing of large-screen TVs, home entertainment products and even a curved smartphone at the International CES in Las Vegas this month, LG is setting its sights on the appliance space. While the brand’s connected ...
BEIJING, Jan. 20 -- Industrial output in China grew 9.7 percent in 2013 from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday. The figure marks a deceleration from the 10-percent growth seen in 2012. Monday's data ...
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For the fourth consecutive year, BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, has been named one of China’s Top Employers. This prestigious award recognizes BASF’s continuous achievements in human resources (HR) management ...
Not prescribing opioids first or as a long-term therapy for chronic, non-cancer pain and avoiding MRIs, CTs and X-rays for low-back pain are among the tests and treatments identified by ASA that are commonly ordered but not always ...
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel, from genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar. This yeast produces oils and ...
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"Cool it!" That's a prime directive for microprocessor chips and a promising new solution to meeting this imperative is in the offing. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
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Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new genetic platform that allows efficient production of naturally occurring molecules, and have used it to produce a novel antibiotic compound. Their study, published ...
Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals, yet renders high-resolution, three-dimensional, quantitative imagery of cells and their internal structures – all ...
Research teams at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and at the University of Limerick, Ireland, have discovered a novel solid state reaction which lets kesterite grains grow within a few seconds and at relatively low temperatures. For this ...
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A team of researchers exploring the intergranular stress corrosion cracking of a type of metallic tubing used within nuclear power plants has developed a technique to both map and predict its propagation. Metallic tubing plays a key role ...
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Coolcore, the maker of chemical-free cooling material, promoted Kevin McCarthy to CEO and appointed Donna L. Flood as COO. ADVERTISEMENT McCarthy, who has been with Coolcore since 2012, has more than 30 years of experience in brand ...
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