Mosquitoes are on the rise this summer, and several cases of West Nile virus infections from mosquitoes have been reported in Texas along with a few deaths. Other states have reported cases of West Nile virus infections as well. After ...
Brookemont's neighbour, Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. announced yesterday (full release below) the signing of a contribution agreement with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP has released the ...
Americans live sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy countries — and the gap is getting worse over time, a new report shows. Men in the USA have shorter lives than men in 16 developed nations. American women also fall ...
The 2013 MBE Innovator Award, which is co-sponsored by co-sponsored by epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA and the North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) organization, has been ...
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TeraXion Inc of Quebec, Canada (which designs and manufactures optical components and modules for high-speed fiber-optic transmission networks, fiber lasers and optical sensing applications) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) ...
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Argentina’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Lino Baranao, presented a model for development of a textile value chain for processing of guanaco fibre in Malargue city of Mendoza province. The model aims at ...
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Today the Department of Defense released the findings of an independent report on energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Pentagon for military construction. The report strongly affirmed the value of LEED-certified high ...
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The American Physical Society (APS), IEEE Photonics Society, Laser Institute of America (LIA), Optical Society of America (OSA), Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) and SPIE have announced the launch of the National ...
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Alethia Biotherapeutics has gained US patent for methods of treating carcinomas with antibodies targeting the region of secreted clusterin (sCLU) responsible for promoting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The company along with ...
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LAST POWER (Large Area silicon-carbide Substrates and heTeroepitaxial GaN for POWER device applications), the European Union-sponsored program aimed at developing a cost-effective and reliable technology for power electronics, has announced ...
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On Tues., May 15, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State for Science and Technology, addressed attendees of PackEx 2013, Canada's packaging and processing industry trade show produced by UBM Canon. Goodyear delivered ...
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The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced that Leapfrog Lighting will receive up to $150,000 through the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program. Leapfrog ...
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Italy IMQ mark of quality certification is an acronym for homes. It was founded in 1951, is an independent, non-profit agency, is responsible for electrical and gas appliances and materials inspection and certification. IMQ ...
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Newspapers are filled with stories describing reductions and removal of street lighting in order to reduce municipal costs. Tackling the tricky questions of when and where to install roadway illumination is a challenge for transportation ...
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Technology applied to photovoltaic systems is making great strides ahead achieving noteworthy performance levels versus the recent past. For example traditional panels will be replaced by photovoltaic facades making large architectural ...
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