Oxford University researchers looking for more efficient and cheaper ways to manufacture solar panels have found a possible solution in lowly base metal zinc. For as long as photovoltaic panels have been in large-scale commercial ...
Tags: Indium, Rare Earth, Zinc, Metallurgy
Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has grown high-performance indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) metal–oxide–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MOSHEMTs) directly on silicon [Xiuju Zhou et al, ...
Tilit Chef Goods, designer chef wear made in NYC, launches Women’s & Men’s unisex Chef’s Work-shirts this week, just in time for last minute holiday gifts. The shirts are made in classic bright white oxford and for the ...
A “critical” advanced analytics skills shortage is impeding big data programmes. This is one finding of a research report from IBM and the Sad Business School at the University of Oxford. Analytics: the real-world use of big ...
Tags: analytics skills, data programme, IT industry, data
LEDs in John Lewis’ Ipswich store High street retailer John Lewis has completed its first 100 per cent LED store. The retailer has installed luminaires supplied and adapted by Edge Lighting, incorporating GE Lighting’s ...
Tags: LED Light, Store Light
High street retailer John Lewis has completed an overhaul of its Ipswich store to make it the first 100 per cent LED shop. The department store has installed some 500 LED modules throughout the store, including in non-trade areas and they ...
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The coatings industry in Europe has been bracing itself for an extremely difficult 2012 in which much of the region will be suffering from the effects of a severe economic downturn mainly due to the impact of the troubles with the euro on ...
Tags: coatings industry, Europe, OECD, severe economic downturn
UK-based etch,deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology(OIPT),part of Oxford Instruments plc,has introduced PT Elements,a free to download iPad App offering a clear and interactive periodic table of ...
Tags: OIPT, Oxford Instruments, Plasma Etch&Deposition Processing
The European Commission (EC) wants to impose pension changes that would cost UK businesses £350bn (eURO440bn) and 180,000 jobs, according to research commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Describing the ...
Tags: EC's Pension Proposals, Health, UK Business
Sir Philip Green is pleased to announce that together with LAB Concept, the new contemporary retail subsidiary of Lane Crawford, they have obtained the first site for TOPSHOP in Hong Kong. The highly anticipated Hong Kong store ...
Tags: LAB Concept, subsidiary, Lane Crawford, Hong Kong, cmpany news
European gas markets have lost over 10 years of growth, with demand back to the levels of the 1990s, Professor Jonathan Stern of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies told the UK House of Lords EU energy subcommittee Wednesday. He ...
Tags: gas markets, gas, gas demand, gas prices
JLM Wholesale is opening a new location in Plano, Texas, offering customers in the south central and southwest United States shorter shipping lead times, according to a release. “I am excited to provide quicker shipping to our ...
Tags: JLM Wholesale, New Location, Plano, Texas
Designers like Paul Smith, Orla Kiely, Mary Katrantzou, J.W. Anderson, and Matthew Williamson are involved in the Olympic Games (July 27 – August 12) in a creative manner. To keep up to date with all the Olympic fashion events, ...
Tags: Olympic, British fashion, British Menswear
UK upmarket retailer Waitrose has launched a 'Good to Go' food range inspired by global cuisine. The selection of foods comprises sandwiches, foccacia, pancakes, baguettes, salads, cakes and fresh fruit. The sandwiches include a Spanish ...
Tags: food line, food, cuisine, sandwiches