A Maryland mattress renovator has recalled about 1,000 mattresses and foundations that violate federal mattress flammability standards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The federal agency said the mattresses were rebuilt by ...
A study conducted by a leading skin physiologist concludes that the chief agent of sleep lines and sleep wrinkles is not the pillow, but rather the pillowcase fabric. The DreamSkin Beauty Pillowcase and Anti-Aging Sleep Mask can totally ...
Tags: Pillow, Fabric, Sleep Wrinkles
A new water-resistant material could provide another tool for medical device designers. Boston University and MIT researchers in the journal Nature describe a material with a novel surface structure that provides very high level of very ...
Tags: water-resistant material, medicine
From a molten blob of glass to a meticulously crafted masterpiece, the works of art at Wheatonarts round into shape a little bit at a time. A day after working to create some of the world's largest Christmas ornaments, Deborah Czeresko ...
Tags: Glass Blowing, Tradition
Often used interchangeably even by seasoned flooring dealers, linoleum and vinyl are very different materials, though they may appear very similar.Though once called outdated, both linoleum (colloquially called 'lino') and vinyl flooring ...
China's crude steel output rose 8.3 percent year-on-year to 652.48 million tons in the first ten months of 2013, faster than the 2.1-percent increase seen in the same period last year, the country's top economic planner said Thursday. ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Crude Steel
The Jeep Wrangler Dragon has been unleashed in Australia, introducing a uniquely styled limited edition version of Jeep’s iconic off-road stalwart. The new special edition Jeep Wrangler Dragon is based on thefour-door Wrangler ...
Bendheim is the proud recipient of 2013 Architectural Products’ Product Innovation Award (PIA) for Houdini™ Glass in the Surfaces category. PIA awards honor innovation in the development and refinement of building products, ...
As from 1 December 2013, Rainer Schnetgöke (50) will be in charge of national distribution for the Mönchengladbach-based trouser specialist Atelier GARDEUR. At the same time, he will act as Managing Director for GARDEUR Service ...
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The market has been flat-lined in November, with the March contract closing the last 20 sessions in an extremely tight range of less than 200 points, between 77.23 and 79.19 cents/lb. One of the reasons for this anemic market is that ...
The People's Republic of China is still the largest manufacturer of textiles in the world. This notwithstanding, an awareness of environmental protection, health and better working conditions is currently emerging in China. The demands ...
Tags: Huafu Bags, OEKO-TEX Standard
The International Certified Flooring Installers Association (CFI), through its partnership with Surfaces has a large presence at The International Surface Event 2014 for flooring installation training. In addition to the CFI Laminate/Wood ...
Tags: CFI, flooring, installation, demonstration, Surfaces
The Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake has been spied almost completely free of camouflage, uncovering the forthcoming wagon body style of the premium German brand's compact 'four-door coupe'. Like the larger CLS Shooting Brake, the CLA ...
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been using limited area epitaxy (LAE) to improve the performance of lasers diodes (LDs) grown on free-standing semipolar (20-21) gallium nitride (GaN) substrates [Matthew T. Hardy et al, J. ...
Men are more likely to regret not taking action on a potential liaison, while women are more regretful for engaging in one-time liaisons, U.S. researchers say. Evolutionary psychologist David Buss of the University of Texas at Austin; ...