As farmers flip the calendar over to January, they may be turning to new realities regarding grain markets as well. "All eyes are focused on the big competition (from South America)," explains Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in ...
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German automaker Audi is set to unveil its new technology concept car, Audi Sport quattro laserlight, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, US. The Audi Sport quattro Laserlight concept is based on the classic Sport ...
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Tripling taxes on cigarettes around the world would reduce the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, according to a review published today in the New ...
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With Microsoft losing its controversial CEO, Apple launching new iPads and iPhones and the rise of wearable devices all making headlines, it's been another huge year for technology. That's before you look at the gobbling up of Nokia, ...
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Butterfly valve, also called the flap valve, which is a kind of simple structure of the regulator, also can be used in low pressure pipeline medium valve butterfly valve in the switch control the way work is closed a (disc or disc) is a ...
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Sharpening knives and saw blades is important because sharp blades operate better, and dull blades are risky. Blades and tools are also an investment that requires proper maintenance to last longer. As there are different types of knives ...
Details of the new additions to Lotus Australia’s showroom in 2014. Lotus Exige S Roadster (March) Sharing its coupe twin’s mid-transverse-mounted 3.5 litre V6 engine, complete with Harrop HTV 1320 (Eaton-type) supercharger, ...
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It's taken nearly 200 years,but scientists in Arizona and Europe have teased out how the molecular switch for sex gradually and adaptively evolved in the honeybee. The first genetic mechanism for sex determination was proposed in the ...
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Tripling cigarette taxes worldwide would cut the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths this century, Canadian researchers say. Dr. Prabhat Jha, director of the Center for Global Health Research of St. ...
An international team of scientists led by National Institutes of Health researchers has traced the likely origin of the enzyme needed to manufacture the hormone melatonin to roughly 500 million years ago. Their work indicates that this ...
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. But as you probably already know, it all starts with having the design requirements in place before you start. Without this, you may end up with a design that is less than optimal, or worse, one that may not always operate properly. ...
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Kemet Corp., a global supplier of electronic components, announced the expansion of its High Voltage Surface Mount Multilayer Ceramic capacitor portfolio.According to a release, Kemet has successfully developed several new part types with ...
Women with aggressive breast cancer who receive combination targeted therapy with chemotherapy prior to surgery have a slightly improved chance of staying cancer-free, researchers say. However, the improvement was not statistically ...
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As experts continue to sound alarm bells about the rising resistance of microbes to antibiotics used by humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it was curbing the use of the drugs in livestock nationwide. "FDA ...
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If you were to switch from vegetarianism to meat-eating, or vice-versa, chances are the composition of your gut bacteria would also undergo a big change, a new study suggests. The research, published Dec. 11 in the journal Nature, showed ...
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