An experiment by scientists at the University of Granada, Spain, shows a high-protein diet increases the chance of developing kidney stones and other renal diseases High-protein diets, like the popular Dr. Dukan diet, increase the ...
Two years ago, researchers from Iowa State University (USA) published a study which concluded that spider silk conducts heat as well as metals. Now, a team from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has repeated the experiment and ...
Tags: Spider Silk, Textile
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Plumes of water vapor are thought to shoot up periodically from Ceres ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Telescope
Greek dairy producer Delta Foods is set to distribute its Greek yoghurt and cheese products in French and Italian markets after signing a deal with Italian dairy group Granarolo. The agreement will bring together the knowhow and ...
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Turkey exported apparel worth US$ 17.3 billion during 2013, indicating an increase of 8.3 percent compared to 2012, as per the latest data released by the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Association (ITKIB). According to the ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, women's outerwear
California Market Center (CMC) hosted LA Fashion Market on January 12-15, 2014 and began the New Year with a bright outlook following reports of good traffic, new accounts and great orders. The Market opened to buyers on Sunday, ...
Tags: Sunday Market, Apparel
The EU will announce climate change targets for 2030 next week but sharp differences over priorities and an unwillingness to take the lead while global rivals hang back may result in a modest compromise deal. The 2020 programme is widely ...
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An influenza outbreak has been reported in Spain, where officials said 239 people have been hospitalized, many with H1N1, the strain known as bird flu. Eleven people have died since the start of flu season in October in the country, ...
In November 2013 compared with October 2013, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade rose by 1.4% in the euro area (EA17) and by 1.2% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In ...
Tags: economy, Retail Trade
According to related statistics from the Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute, Taiwan's total screw exports in 2013 hit a record high of 1.4594 million tons, up by 5.78% from a year earlier. Taiwan’s export of screw reached over than ...
Tags: Screw, Export, Fasteners Institute
The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that in 2013 new car registrations totaled 11,850,905 units in the European Union (EU), with a decrease of 1.7 percent from 2012. In December last ...
Tags: New Car Registrations, Mineral
German automaker Daimler is set invest EUR190m in its Mercedes-Benz plant in Vitoria, Spain, for the production of medium-size vans. The production is expected to start in 2014. The company will primarily use the amount in the ...
Tags: invest, assembly units
Despite tough economic environment and rising input costs, the Rajasthan-based Banswara Syntex saw its bottom-line growing over two-fold in the quarter ended September 2013, helped by turnaround in exports in line with the rupee ...
Tags: Banswara, Lycra, RBI, readymade garments
Since the reported week recorded only small price fluctuations, the quotations could be called close-to-unchanged firm as before. Following the company holidays of the week before last and the fair “Heimtextil” during last ...
Tags: close-to-unchanged firm, Heimtextil, cotton, fluctuation
An analysis based on the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey, carried out in 2009, confirms that socioeconomic factors affect sexual satisfaction. People with a lower economic status claim to be less sexually satisfied, particularly ...