The 2013 in-cosmetics Asia show closed on 31 October with a palpable sense of success for exhibitors and attendees alike. The aisles seemed constantly busy with visitors eager to discover more about the latest ingredients and technology, ...
Tags: Light Industry news, in-Cosmetics, Asia
Watching hours of TV coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings daily for a week was akin to the stress experienced by those at or near the race, researchers say. "We were very surprised at the degree to which repeated media exposure was so ...
Tags: health, Boston Marathon bombings, acute stress, fear conditioning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi -- sofosbuvir -- to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection without interferon, officials say. Dr. Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center ...
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One U.S. child every hour -- or 9,400 children a year -- are treated each year for an injury associated with a high chair or booster seat, researchers say. The study, published online ahead of the print edition of Clinical Pediatrics, ...
Tags: US, health, high chair, booster seat, kidsafe, injury
The PPG Industries Foundation has made a $5,000 donation to the Frontiers of Flight Museum located in Dallas to support aviation and space-flight education programs for Pre-K through 10th-grade students. The grant was made on behalf of PPG ...
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At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2013) in Washington DC (9-11 December), epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK, Pennsylavania State University and the US Commerce Department's National ...
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Fashion and technology will once again come together at the forthcoming UK's first-ever Wearable Technology Conference and Expo in London. Slated to be held from March 18 to 19, 2014, the event aims to focus on the growing acceptance of ...
Tags: Wearable Technology, Apparel
chave developed an online training suite of programs for owner/operators and company drivers. The StepUp Contractor Package is available for $9.99 per month, with no minimum commitments or contracts, the companies announced. It includes ...
Tags: online training, programs for owner/operators and company drivers.
By 2050, it is estimated there will be 135 million people living with dementia worldwide, up from 44 million today, a British non-profit group says. The Global Impact of Dementia 2013-2050, a policy brief prepared by Alzheimer's Disease ...
Next year, Coverings will celebrate its 25th Anniversary from April 29—May 2, 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Coverings, the first U.S. tile and stone exposition and conference, was founded 25 years ago not only to ...
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I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are underestimating the e-commerce channel's growth potential and consequently may be missing out on a substantial market opportunity, according to the first of a two part Deloitte study, "Digital ...
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Total machine vision sales in North America climbed 23 percent compared to the third quarter of 2012, according to new statistics from AIA, the industry's trade group. Total machine vision sales include sales of machine vision systems and ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced the 2014 schedule for its Certified Commercial Tire Service (CTS) Instructor Training and Certification classes in Baltimore, Md., and Denver, Colo. TIA says its Certified CTS Instructor ...
Tumblr is where the Internet's cool kids hang out. That's why Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to buy the blogging site in one of this year's most buzzed-about deals. Now, Tumblr is flaunting its hipster credentials with a first-ever breakdown of ...
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