Technology is being deployed throughout the agricultural sector at an exponentially-increasing pace. Applications of precision agricultural techniques and devices abound when it comes to crop production. Billy Cook, senior vice president ...
In 2002, Secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld made a statement regarding weapons of mass destruction that today is still well known. He famously parsed the evidence (or lack thereof) into "known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns." ...
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Stryker has signed a definitive agreement to acquire surgical safety system maker Patient Safety Technologies for a total of $120m or $2.22 per common share in an all cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to be completed during ...
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Restricting calorie consumption is one of the few proven ways to combat aging. Though the underlying mechanism is unknown, calorie restriction has been shown to prolong lifespan in yeast, worms, flies, monkeys, and, in some studies, humans. ...
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CKM Building Material Corp., one of the major steel T-Bar and metal ceiling product makers in Taiwan, said since the company's high value-added new metal ceiling products have started to ship to its customers and the company has received ...
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have uncovered three rare, Roman-era fabrics dated almost 2,000 years-old, believed to have been dyed using murex snail extracts in unique colors mentioned in the Bible. According to ...
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According to media report on the last day of 2013, the future prices of the steel deformed bar has gained for a third day in Shanghai Future Exchange as high as 0.4 percent to about US$598/ton. The reason is to be believed that it is ...
The all-new user-friendly Multistatic 700 powder coating equipment helps you achieve highest productivity at the best powder coating quality. It features an integrated 100KV built-in electrostatic high voltage generator for enhanced ...
Federal-Mogul Corp. has introduced 43 new replacement Moog Steering and Suspension brand parts covering millions of late-model foreign-nameplate and domestic passenger vehicles. The new parts include 12 patent-pending Moog Problem Solver ...
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Details of the new additions to Honda Australia’s showroom in 2014. Honda CR-V diesel (January) A long-awaited diesel engine option joins the Honda CR-V range in January, as the Japanese brand belatedly attempts to cash in on SUV ...
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In the first 29 days of December this year, Turkey's steel export volume decreased by 6.8 percent year on year and by 4.8 percent month on month to 1.43 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association ...
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Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co. (Nanjing Steel) has performed a successful hot run test on its steel bar production project, as announced on December 30 by Beijing-based state-owned China ...
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A U.S. expert offers six simple tips for mental well-being that will not only help relieve stress, but also favorably impact New Year's resolutions. Dr. William Manard, assistant professor in the department of family and community ...
Apple has asked a federal judge to bar US sales of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers in the blockbuster patent case involving the two electronics giants. In a court filing in California, Apple said the smartphones and tablets were ...
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In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology—wireless readers and data-transmitting tags—to the supply chain. This meant companies would be able to track ...
Tags: ThingMagic, radio-frequency identification, supply chain