Formula One racing’s greener alternative Formula E has collaborated with automaker Kinetik to introduce the first of its kind driverless car racing series called Roborace. Roborace is expected to run its races before each scheduled ...
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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd in the UK has been improving its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-on-silicon light-emitting diode (LED) technology [Liyang Zhang et al, Journal of the Electron Devices Society, vol3, p457, 2015]. A light output ...
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Hertfordshire, a county in southern England set out to save more money to bring relief to its cash strapped county council. Already Hertfordshire County Council has trimmed funding in several areas over the past year to save funds. Now ...
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Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee member John Carr, ...
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Food ingredients company Frutarom Health BU is introducing a natural ingredients range with EFLA HyperPure, in response to the new EU regulations to prevent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other contaminants in food supplements. ...
South Korea has ordered Volkswagen to recall 125,522 diesel vehicles after finding that emission test in the vehicles are manipulated. Regulators in South Korea have also imposed a $12.3m fine on the German automaker for emissions ...
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When USF Holland sought more energy-efficient lighting for its 53 terminals, it chose Orion Energy Systems, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms. The partnership with USF Holland ...
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M&H Plastics, part of the RPC Group of companies has recently completed a new family of packages for Champneys. Champneys opened its doors in 1925 as the UK's original health spa. Since then, every single Champneys product is tried and ...
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Western Australian (WA) researchers are trialling technology which offers an innovative way to control the destructive Mediterranean fruit fly. Horticulture Innovation Australia along with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western ...
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Belgian researchers from University of Leuven and the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology have found that the yeasts used to ferment cocoa during chocolate manufacture can help alter the aroma of the end chocolate product. The research ...
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Towering golden-leaved birch trees in Labagoumen. [File photo] Labagoumen, located in Huairou District, is the northernmost town in the municipality of Beijing. Bordering Hebei Province, it lies 150 km from the heart of the capital. The ...
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A room from the the "Apartment of Dreams Come True". [Photo/art-ba-ba.com] An icy wind blows through the streets of Beijing as we head for the northeastern part of the capital. We are driving to a neighborhood called Cuigezhuang, which ...
With a GDP of over RMB 60 trillion, China's economy has again achieved a more than seven percent growth, which can't be equaled elsewhere in the world. Also, 100 of the world's latest top 500 companies are from China. Do these facts leave ...
Tags: Salary, job, China's job market
Matychenkov, soil expert from Russia, has found an exciting new ground for his work in Hunan. [Photos provided to China Daily] Vladimir Matychenkov, a soil expert from Russia, is digging up fields in Central China for sustainable ...
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A girl reads books in the library in Wuzhen town, Tongxiang, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo/Zjol.com.cn] Recently, several photos of a library in Wuzhen Town went viral online and drew much attention of the young people who love ...
Tags: Artistic Library, Wuzhen