I may have mentioned recently that I'm in the process of getting ready to replace my bathroom floor, which is currently a mix of aging vinyl flooring and carpeting. The vinyl floor actually isn't in bad shape, although the dark pattern ...
Tags: vinyl floor, carpeting, linoleum, linoleum flooring
Most large, clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including some that have concluded they are of no value or even harmful, have a flawed methodology that renders them largely useless in determining the real value of these micronutrients, ...
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In a study published November 20, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 42,498 men in ...
A new Duke University-led study has documented dramatic, natural short-term increases in acidity in a North Carolina estuary. "The natural short-term variability in acidity we observed over the course of one year exceeds 100-year global ...
China's now famous 'Yutu' moon rover has set sail for what promises to be breathtaking new adventures on Earth's nearest neighbor, after completing a final joint portrait session with the Chang'e-3 lander that safely deposited her on the ...
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Asteroids (or comets) whose orbits bring them close to the earth's orbit are called near Earth objects. Some of them are old, dating from the origins of the solar system about four and one-half billion years ago, and expected to be rich in ...
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Potash Ridge Corporation ("Potash Ridge" or the "Corporation") (TSX:PRK)(OTCQX:POTRF) today announced it has filed its "Notice of Intention to Commence Large Mining Operations" with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining for the Blawn ...
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Organic, cage-free or home-grown? We think about our purchasing ethics in many areas of daily life, but not often about technology. As with any product, though, we should think about the effects of our actions on workers and the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Phone
With three new studies finding that a daily multivitamin won't help boost the average American's health, the experts behind the research are urging people to abandon use of the supplements. The studies found that popping a daily ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (Dec.16- 22) the overall average finished steel price in China maintained upward trend for the fifth consecutive week. In the given week, average prices of 10 mm ...
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Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"), the privately held company that owns and controls the general partner of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP), announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement with ...
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) announced today that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded contracts by Saudi Aramco for the provision of engineering and project management services for the ...
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Australian resources and investment company Cape Lambert Resources has announced that it has finalized a binding infrastructure agreement with Africa Minerals regarding its Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The ...
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Nothing, it seems, makes the hand of Vernon Brejcha quiver. Not the heat from a furnace that burns a few thousand degrees, not the weight of a five-foot pole with a ball of fire attached to its end, and not even the frailty of a very, ...
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Nuinsco Resources Limited ("Nuinsco" or "the Company") (TSX:NWI) today reported results for six drill holes amounting to 501m, completed upon the CBay Minerals ("CBay") properties in the Chibougamau mining camp area of north-central Quebec ...