The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 22 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
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Viterra, a grain and oilseeds marketer and handler, has announced that it will build a new high throughput grain terminal at Wadena in Canadian province Saskatchewan. The new grain facility is planned to have a storage capacity of 34,000 ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Goodman Company, L.P., of Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $5.55 million civil penalty and has agreed to other terms of a consent decree (which is ...
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Everything you need to know about the Google Pixel and Pixel XL Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones are nearly here, so here’s everything you need to know about the Google Pixel release date, specs, features, and price. ...
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Earlier on Monday, GoPro announced a new Hero 5 range of cameras and officially unveiled the long-awaited GoPro Karma drone. However, amid those headline-making revelations, the action cam company also took the wrappers off some pretty ...
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In 2016, UV LED technology has been rapidly expanding into various application markets including curing, sterilization and purification equipment. The total value of the UV LED market worldwide is estimated to grow from US$166 million in ...
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The Belgian outdoor furniture brand, Manutti showcased their new SAN collection at the Maison et Objet show in Paris. SAN is the latest brainchild of designer Lionel Doyen for Manutti. Its minimalist and refined style, inspired by Japanese ...
Researchers in China have developed indium gallium nitride (InGaN) photovoltaic devices that increase in efficiency with temperature up to 423K [Zhaoying Chen et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol109, p062104, 2016]. "The positive efficiency ...
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Ornua has launched Kerrygold Park, a €38m Kerrygold butter production and packing facility in Mitchelstown, Ireland. The production facility will have a capacity of up to 50,000 tonnes of butter per annum and will initially employ 65 ...
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According to the statistics from C&SD in Hong Kong, its volume of goods trade was USD582.12 billion from January to July in 2016, down 3.5% year-on-year (the same below). Overall Exports (including export and re-export) fell by 0.3% to ...
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Researchers in China have achieved continuous wave (cw) lasing at room temperature for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) grown directly on silicon (Si) [Yi Sun et al, Nature Photonics, 10, p595, 2016]. The team from Suzhou ...
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Researchers in Russia have developed an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well laser diode on (001) germanium-on-silicon 'virtual substrate' without offcut angle [V. Ya. Aleshkin et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol109, p061111, 2016]. ...
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A team of researchers at the USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has developed a new solar photovoltaic 'step cell' that combines two ...
As part of the Local Control of Materials Synthesis (LoCo) program of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU) have developed the new electron-enhanced atomic layer deposition ...
The Swiss-Swedish power and automation company, ABB, will showcase a range of products and services at WEFTEC to help reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs. WEFTEC will take place in New Orleans from 24 – 28 September and ...