University of Houston researchers have developed a new stretchable and transparent electrical conductor, bringing the potential for a fully foldable cell phone or a flat-screen television that can be folded and carried under your arm closer ...
Gender differences in nature are common, including in humans. A research team from Bern, Switzerland has found that male European honey bees, or drones, are much more susceptible than female European honey bees, known as workers, to a ...
Tags: Honey Bees, Agriculture
Some grain may have gone into storage last fall at higher than recommended moisture contents. Now is the time to check stored grain thoroughly and take steps to maintain the grain quality. “Search for small changes that are ...
Tags: Grain, Ken Hellevang, Aeration, storage problems
Stateline examines the difficulty for many working families to buy insurance while KHN spends time at a California hospital to survey how some without insurance try to afford care. Other news coverage on health law outreach and enrollment ...
Tags: Obamacare, Emergency Room, Connecticut, The Affordable Care Act
In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
Norman Bates, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers appear in 'The history of the slasher film (in LEGO)' Horror movie You're Next is out on DVD and Blu-ray from today, and to celebrate, Lionsgate has given some iconic horror movie characters ...
Tags: Horror Icons, Lego Treatment
Players load the throwing arm with squirty cream, slide their head through the mask, and then 'watch the tension build' Ahead of an Italian spring launch through licensing partners Editrice Giochi, Rocket will introduce its new Pie Face ...
Tags: Rocket, Pie Face, action game, UK trade, Toy Fair
A new kind of implant may offer people suffering from sleep apnea an alternative to wearing an air mask while they snooze, researchers report. With the implant, a pacemaker delivers electrical impulses to a nerve that controls the tongue ...
Researchers in Japan have created indium phosphide (InP) nanowire (NW) solar cell structures with internal quantum efficiencies (IQEs) that beat the performance of bulk InP-based devices in the short-wavelength range of 300-570nm [Masatoshi ...
Tags: INP Nanowire solar cells, InP SA-MOVPE p-type, InP substrates
With many facing bone-chilling cold and snow in the United States and Canada, Environment Canada says even those accustomed to cold should reassess how to cope. Officials at Environment Canada and Health Canada said there's no rocket ...
Gemini Planet Imager's first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star, Beta Pictoris, is blocked in this image by a mask so its light doesn't interfere with the light of the planet. In addition to ...
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Researchers in China have developed a selective area epitaxy (SAE) approach to create nanopyramids of nitride semiconductor 'white' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) without using phosphors [Kui Wu et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol103, p241107, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED
China has reported 29.9 smoggy days on average so far 2013, the hightest number since 1961. The number was 10.3 days highe than that of the same period in ordinary years. Anti-dust smasks and air purifiers are selling well in China due ...
Tags: Anti-Dust Masks, Masks, Air Purifiers, Purifiers, Smoggy
With the continued growth of the global medical device market demand and the increasing levels of health care, medical supplies market demand is on the high growth trend year by year. Meanwhile SMEs in China medical supplies industry has ...
Tags: Bandage, Gauze, Isolation Gown, Nurse Cap, Face Mask, Surgical Instruments
Sleep apnea patients will soon be able to conceal their therapy equipment at their bedsides in a new nightstand that Perdue Woodworks will introduce at the Jan. 26-30 Las Vegas Market. The nightstand, which was designed for Perdue by J.P. ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Nightstand