Remember to take nitrogen credits when you use other nitrogen sources. There are simple management practices that farms can implement to optimize nitrogen applications as well as protect groundwater from nitrogen leaching. One of the ...
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Until I tried one, I never understood the appeal of e-book readers, given that tablets can do much more. The e-reader's ease and comfort became apparent as I raced to finish the second "Hunger Games" book before the movie came out. I blew ...
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Justus von Liebig's Law of the Minimum is an agronomic theory that states yield is proportional to the amount of the most limiting nutrient - whichever nutrient it may be. As a soils and crops consultant, it means I am going to tell you to ...
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Shrunken structures inside the brains of heavy marijuana users might explain the stereotype of the "pothead," brain researchers report. Northwestern University scientists studying teens who were marijuana smokers or former smokers found ...
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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but anyone browsing this collection of glass crystallisation images beheld by Edgar Zanotto’s eye is unlikely to disagree with his assessment of beauty. In this book, Zanotto celebrates 36 ...
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It's likely the world in the not-so-distant future will be increasingly populated by computerized people like Amal Graafstra. The 37-year-old doesn't need a key or password to get into his car, home or computer. He's programmed them to ...
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This may be remembered as the year smartphones became boring. Although high-definition displays on smartphones have gotten bigger and their cameras have gotten better, the pace of gee-whiz innovation has dawdled. Smartphone and software ...
I find giant phones hard to carry and use, but I'm well aware that many people like the bigger images and text they offer. These so-called phablets, with screens measuring about 6 inches (15.24 centimeters) diagonally, are nearly as big ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has priced its underwritten public offering of 8,325,000 newly issued shares of ...
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Earlier this month, Dick Cheney stated that the medical device tax may have killed him if it were in effect in the decades he struggled against heart disease. The former vice president received a heart transplant in 2012. Cheney is ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) intends to offer newly issued shares of common stock in an underwritten public ...
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The Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation, formerly IEE, released a new publication, Innovations Across the Grid, that showcases more than 70 utility-technology company partnerships that are fundamentally changing how ...
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Ninth consecutive year Mermaid awarded this work. 2014 campaign has estimated contract value of USD 32 million and comes with options for up to two additional campaign years. Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited ("Mermaid" or ...
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A resilient system for data centre power protection and security is critical to business continuity and resilience. That's a given. Although there are various elements to a full turnkey standby power solution including; UPS systems, battery ...
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US media company Tribune plans to acquire Gracenote, a giant in music data, for $170 million from media giant Sony, the companies announced Monday. Gracenote is a leader in music "metadata" enabling online music services, as well as ...
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