A diet high in animal protein may help prevent functional decline in the elderly, researchers in Japan suggest. Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi of the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan, and her colleagues in Tohoku University and ...
Tags: protein, Identifying nutritional factors, absorb or process protein
Toray Industries is bolstering production of high-performance fibers in emerging countries in Asia to reap the benefits of anticipated demand growth. “Textiles is a growth industry if you look at it on the global scale,” said ...
Tags: Textiles, expanding emerging markets, strengthening supply systems
After seven years of close-but-no-cigar, Canada's Cameco (TSX:CCO, NYSE:CCJ), the world's number one listed uranium producer, finally announced Thursday that production at its Cigar Lake mine in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has ...
Tags: uranium producer, Denison
With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
Tags: US Refinery, Domestic Production, light oil
The winning bid in the monthly auction held Tuesday for Japanese H2 grade ferrous scrap for export through Tokyo Bay was Yen 30,910/mt ($299.50/mt) FAS or free alongside ship, the organizer of the tender said. The bid was Yen 2,100/mt ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, electric steel, Nippon Steel
These LEDs are based off of semiconductors that emit light with the movement of electrons. As devices get smaller and faster, there is more demand for such semiconductors that are tinier, stronger and more energy efficient. University of ...
Tags: semiconductors, three-dimensional LEDs, two-dimensional materials
A week of talking about ambitious plans for the Chinese economy was followed by a weekend of reality as key economic data were released. Journalists in Beijing flocked around a beleaguered spokesman whilst analysts elsewhere were cursing ...
Tags: Chinese economy, export data
A US financial regulator warned consumers Tuesday that using the online currency Bitcoin is fraught with risks including theft by hacking and fraud. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued the general warning amid a spate of ...
Tags: Bitcoin, US Regulator
Tech titan Microsoft—which has struggled to keep pace with Sony and its PlayStation 4—is pinning its hopes on a new action video game, ironically named "Titanfall." The highly anticipated game for the new generation Xbox One ...
U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
Tags: beef, Agriculture, Food, Red Meat
eInfochips The Andromeda video processing system is an app-ready development platform for medical imaging systems including endoscopy, angiography, mammography, arthroscopy and ultrasound. For telemedicine engineers, Andromeda also is a ...
Furukawa Electric Co Ltd of Tokyo, Japan has developed a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) that operates at 25Gbps and has realized transmission of up to 500m over prototype multimode fibers developed by optical fiber product ...
Tags: optical fiber product, cloud computing, Increasing the VCSEL wavelength
Big box warehouse retailer Costco's US parent company, Costco Wholesale Corporation, has reported its sales and earnings for the second quarter of its fiscal year (ending 31 August 2014) and for the half year to 16 February 2014. Net ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Germany-based PV module maker Aleo Solar AG is as competitive as China-based makers in terms of production cost in the Europe, Japan and US markets, MK Lu, chairman for Taiwan-based solar wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), ...
Tags: PV Module, solar wafer
In the first month this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip output increased by 3.56 percent year on year to 555,783 metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. Meanwhile, in the given month the ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments