New guide star laser debuts at SPIE astronomy event 26 Jun 2012 Apparatus could help observatory one day"find another Earth"–Toptica. Burning bright:ESO's portable guide star laser unit under test.A novel approach to laser guide ...
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New Directions for the Financing of Interactive Digital Media in Canada,a new report commissioned by the Canadian Interactive Alliance/l'Alliance Interactive Canadienne(CIAIC),reveals that increased private capital is the missing link for ...
Are bargain, low-cost tools a good value in the long run? Is the saying you get what you pay for applicable in the world of garden tools? Here at Garden Review we want to help gardeners find the best tools for their needs. Maybe you need an ...
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Are bargain, low-cost tools a good value in the long run? Is the saying you get what you pay for applicable in the world of garden tools? Here at Garden Review we want to help gardeners find the best tools for their needs. Maybe you need an ...
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About 10 years ago, Holly Shimizu, director of the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., decided she was fed up with buying cheap gardening tools that would break. She recalled her early days as a professional horticulturist working in ...
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New research from the University of Adelaide could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species -- the big leaf mahogany -- from extinction. Big leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) is the most prized mahogany ...
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BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s biggest money manager, said producers of seeds and farming equipment make a better investment than agricultural commodities as new technologies boosting production may lead to lower food prices. World ...
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Severe storms in southern Sweden over the weekend felled around one million m³ of timber, according to initial reports. The damage, equivalent to about one-and-a-half months of timber harvest, is less severe than Hurricane Per in 2007 ...
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Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn.In this, it has been practiced for decades. The origins of embroidery can be dated back to Cro-Magnon days or 30,000 BC.During a ...
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Castor oil is extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus Communis plant and has been used since time immemorial for a variety of conditions and complaints, including hair and skin care. Treating hair breakage and encouraging hair growth with ...
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The state's top educator wants every school in California to be like Aragon High -- powered by solar. During a visit Monday to Aragon, where solar panels were recently installed, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson ...
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The state's top educator wants every school in California to be like Aragon High -- powered by solar. During a visit Monday to Aragon, where solar panels were recently installed, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson ...
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The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The name derives from the fact that it combines three separate operations, reaping, threshing, and winnowing, into a single process. Among the crops harvested ...
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A rice transplanter is a specialized transplanter fitted to transplant rice seedlings onto paddy field. Although rice is grown in areas other than Asia, rice transplanters are used mainly in East, Southeast, and South Asia. This is because ...
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department held a grand opening for the Rosemont Bridge on March 26.The Rosemont Bridge,which enables pedestrians and bicyclists to cross Buffalo Bayou and/or Memorial Drive near Montrose,connects nearby ...
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