Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter-intuitively, the glass is ...
Tags: AFP, 3D, Nature Communication, brittleness
California Market Center (CMC) hosted LA Fashion Market on January 12-15, 2014 and began the New Year with a bright outlook following reports of good traffic, new accounts and great orders. The Market opened to buyers on Sunday, ...
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Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Diesel fell 2.4 cents to $3.886 a gallon, its first decline in four weeks, the Department of Energy reported Jan. 13. Diesel had gained almost 4 cents in the previous three weeks of increases, and its current price ...
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Argentina is still on track to grow a record soybean crop this season after moderate to heavy showers in recent days ended a brutal heat wave that threatened to slash yields. Corn suffered some damage in December's heat wave, but ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture, Food
In the competitive high-street environment, the temptation is for retailers to illuminate their stores, shelves and shop windows with a dazzling array of light and colours, resulting not only in a bewildering shopping experience for ...
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Intricate glass pieces, a range of wearable metal creations and innovative metal sculptures created by artists from around the country, will be on display and available for purchase at “Molten,” an upcoming nationally juried ...
Tags: glass, decoration
A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean variability than at first thought. Observations by a team of scientists at British ...
Tags: Pine Island Glacier, climatic variability, ocean variability
Details of the new additions to Renault Australia’s showroom in 2014. Renault Megane facelift (Q2) The entire Renault Megane range will be updated with the French brand’s new family face, already seen on the Clio, Koleos and ...
Some tiny or microscopic samples or specimens of botanical or chemical or biological areas of science studies may need to be safely transported and carried or sent across laboratories. If they are not live, they can be applied on glass ...
Winter sports and snowy day activities provide lots of exercise and fun, but there's also the risk of injury, an expert warns. "More than 700,000 injuries are reported each year in the United States due to sledding. More than 30 percent ...
A hydraulic cylinder or water-powered engine is one of the numerous mechanical system utilized within designing vehicles. It makes utilization of pressurized water powered liquid keeping in mind the end goal to prepare straight energy or ...
Making its Guangzhou Auto Show debut, Qoros, an international car brand headquartered in China, announced today the prices for its first volume car – the Qoros 3 Sedan – as the last step of its market introduction. Owing to ...
Tags: Qoros, Qoros 3 Sedan
According to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the country’s rebar production totaled 18.01 million tons in October, down slightly from 18.3 million tons in September. In October, the daily rebar output ...
Tags: Construction, Rebar, Steel
US truck tonnage fell 2.8% month-over-month in October, but remained stronger than in the same month last year. The American Trucking Associations’ for-hire truck tonnage index grew 0.5% in September (revised down from the 1.4% ...
The U.K.’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly built an automated system to track the hotel bookings of foreign diplomats when travelling abroad for international summits or work meetings. ...