The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) published a report on March 29 entitled Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting. The NAS committee reviewed the development and future impacts of SSL, including projections of cost and research and ...
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Plessey today announced that samples of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon LED products are today available. These entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates to be commercially available ...
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A consortium led by Italian gas network company Snam and including the GIC fund and France's EDF has signed an agreement with Total to buy its TIGF networks and storage business in southwest France, the consortium said in a joint statement ...
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says that samples of its PLW111010 gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon LED products are now available. Picture: Plessey's new MAGIC GaN-on-Si LED product. The entry-level products are claimed ...
VaxInnate, a US-based biotechnology firm, has received a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to fund the development of a recombinant vaccine for the prevention of dengue. The grant will provide ...
KannaLife Sciences has partnered with Advanced Neural Dynamics and IteraMed for the discovery of new neuroprotectants. As part of the agreement, KannaLife will fund a new drug discovery project related to a laboratory validated ...
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At least $200 million will be invested into early stage, high growth Australian companies by three new venture capital funds supported by the federal government’s Innovation Investment Fund (IIF). The IIF is a Government vehicle ...
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The Federal Opposition leader has demonstrated that he simply does not understand public transport, says the Australasian Railways Association. “Comments today that an incoming Abbott Government would cut all urban rail funding ...
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The existing road funding and planning system is broken, despite the serious efforts of the Australian Government to fix it, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today. Mr Simon was launching an ...
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) along with other stakeholders joined forces to strengthen national and local collaborative efforts to promote, develop, and sustain the growth of the ...
The Inter – American Development Bank (IDB) will provide Brazil with a funding to support sustainable farming methods in the states critical to country’s biomass. As part of the initiative, the grants provided through the ...
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The corrugated giant’s annual report, which was sent to shareholders earlier this week, shows that McGann’s pay packet totalled €2.488 million in 2012, slightly down from the €2.541 million he earned the previous year. ...
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Approximately 94% of equipment finance industry professionals believe the business conditions will improve or remain the same in the next four months, according to the results of a recent survey. The Equipment Leasing and Finance ...
Personal computer industry pioneer Michael Dell would "invest for growth" and compete aggressively in new markets if his plan to take the company he founded private succeeds, according to a new memo. The company founder, in a message to ...
Demand for recycled-content packaging materials continues to grow in the U.S. But the market and infrastructure for collecting used materials suffers somewhat from various limitations, whether they be financial, logistical or emotional. ...
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