Companies that are developing LED lighting products need to have an awareness of the wider patent landscape to help them develop,protect and exploit their own intellectual property to its fullest,as JACKIE MAGUIRE and DAVID SEGAL explain. ...
MALAYSIA PRIDE ENCOURAGESCOMPANIES TO IMPROVE&INNOVATE AS IT AIMS TO BUILD A NETWORK OF WORLD-CLASS MANUFACTURERS Mr Au Leck Chai Chief Executive Officer Malaysian Furniture Promotion Council(MFPC) Mr Au assumed the position ...
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Bruker has launched a new software solution, BioPharmaCompass 1.1 to encompass the complete biopharmaceutical characterization challenge, which includes glycoforms, impurities and modifications. The software allows biotech customers to ...
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The demand for hand tools in the US market is foreseen to shoot up by 3% yearly. The US construction outlook is expected to recover by 2013, creating demand in the professional sector. In the meantime, consumer demand will benefit from ...
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With downward price pressures, the excess capacity that providers must have on hand for peak traffic becomes a drag on profits. After the cloud gold-rush era is over, providers will need to find ways to turn that cost center into a profit ...
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Alfa Wassermann Diagnostic Technologies has unveiled its ACE Axcel Clinical Chemistry system, designed for use in physician office labs to process up to 285 tests per hour with both photometric and potentiometric detection technologies. ...
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The number of A-level students achieving at least an A or A* grade has seen the biggest dip in two decades, official figures revealed today. An estimated 335,000 A-level students have received their results, with 26.6% being awarded A or ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to GeNO for use of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) in treatment of persistant pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). The orphan drug designation was granted ...
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Computerworld-NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is three-quarters of the way through a major software upgrade NASA has dubbed a"brain transplant." The four-day software upgrade started Saturday and,if all goes as planned,should wrap up by ...
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Northland Laboratories has opened its expanded state-of-the-art food testing laboratory in Green Bay,Wisconsin,US,in order to strengthen its food testing capabilities. Northland Laboratories president DJ Alwattar said that with the ...
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Plastic electronics hold the promise of cheap, mass-produced devices. But plastic semiconductors have an important flaw: the electronic current is influenced by "charge traps" in the material. These traps, which have a negative impact on ...
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A common mechanism underlying charge traps in organic electronics has been discovered,leading to a theoretical framework for improved plastic electronics,OLEDs and organic solar cells. During their passage through semiconductors,a ...
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Amplified'weak'IR light shows PV,medical potential 25 Jul 2012 Dutch researchers harvest infrared photons,amplify power 3300 times in technique inspired by photosynthesis. Chemists and materials scientists from the University of ...
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The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called for immediate action to ensure enough young people study science,technology,engineering and maths(STEM)subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Without ...
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Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg,FL,USA is providing a workshop at Cornell University in Ithaca,NY,USA on 21 August focusing on the'Fundamentals of Plasma Processing(Etching and Deposition)'. Lectures will ...
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