Intel invested about $10.5bn in Israel during the past decade. Intel has begun negotiations with the Israeli government regarding its plans to invest $10bn in the country. The US chipmaker will invest about $3bn to revamp the existing ...
The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...
Tags: Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics
In partnership with contract microelectronic and optoelectronic packaging design & assembly firm Optocap Ltd of Livingston, Scotland, UK, Cambridge Nanotherm Ltd of Haverhill, UK says that the first commercial order for its ...
Tags: packaging, heat-sink, Electrical&Electronics
Europe's top court ruled Thursday that it is legal for countries to impose a levy on printer manufacturers in order to compensate rights holders for unauthorized reproduction of their work. Under European Union law, authors and other ...
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The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) has received a grant of $743,310 from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism as part of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program, to develop and deliver a ...
Tags: SCLAA Education Program, Logistics
The U.S.Green Building Council(USGBC)and the American Institute of Architects(AIA)this week commended the U.S.Conference of Mayors(USCM)for passing a slate of sustainability resolutions that renew its commitment to local green building and ...
Tags: USGBC, Green Building, AIA, USCM
While the biggest charity "thons" were flat or slightly down in 2012, most dedicated to cycling saw healthy increases.? "When we look at the results, the really strong results are in the cycling area," said David Hessekiel, president of ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Keep America Beautiful (KAB) announced the availability of the 2013 Graffiti Hurts Grant Program, designed to assist communities in augmenting their local graffiti prevention activities. With municipal government funding under increasing ...
Japan-based automotive parts manufacturer NSK's two subsidiaries, NSK and NSK Precision America are planning to invest about $30.2m to expand manufacturing operations in Franklin, Indiana in the US. The manufacturer is expected to equip ...
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Cree has received a matching $2.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its research and development of light-emitting diode, or LED, lighting products. The agency said the $10.1 million in competitive, matching grants to ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights, Lighting
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to GenSpera for the activation of peptide prodrugs by HK2, which is an enzyme secreted by prostate cancer cells. Composition of a series of prodrugs activated by HK2 enzyme ...
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The West Virginia School Building Authority (SBA) recently approved a safety measure that will require new schools built in the state to have shatter-resistant glass, according to SBA executive director Mark Manchin. "The SBA voted to ...
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The USFDA has granted priority review designation for investigational agent Metreleptin, jointly developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca, for the treatment of metabolic disorders associated with rare forms of ...
Facing slowdown in exports to traditional Western Europe market, which is passing through financial crisis, Nepali handicraft exporters were hunting for new destinations for exports, and have identified Brazil, East Europe, Mexico and ...
Tags: Nepali Handicraft, Textile Markets
Ute Besenecker, a graduate student pursuing her doctoral degree in architectural sciences with a concentration in lighting at Rensselaer’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) is the recipient of the Sylvan R. Shemitz Memorial Scholarship. ...
Tags: Lighting, LRC Student