Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
Tags: glass, decoration, environment
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today the successful results of the first production tests in the CPE-6-1X exploration well and the CPE-6-H2 appraisal well, two new wells drilled during ...
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British retailer Marks & Spencer is recalling three mussel-based food products after illnesses were reported in the U.K. All packs of the following products haven been removed from sale and are being recalled from customers: M&S ...
Organic, cage-free or home-grown? We think about our purchasing ethics in many areas of daily life, but not often about technology. As with any product, though, we should think about the effects of our actions on workers and the ...
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A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led ...
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Now on exhibit at Glenn Aber Contemporary is a distinctive collection of glass sculpture from three leaders in the field. American artists Marlene Rose and Brian Usher and Greek-American artist Phillip Tsiaras comprise the trio of sculptors ...
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Amira Nature Foods, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has signed a deal to take over Basmati Rice, a Germany-based premium branded rice distributor, for an undisclosed amount. Basmati Rice offers ten ...
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About 30 percent of the major global cereal crops – rice, wheat and corn -- may have reached their maximum possible yields in farmers' fields, according to UNL research published this week in Nature Communications. These findings ...
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he body's biological clock may give West Coast pro football teams an advantage over East Coast teams during night games, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed more than 100 National Football League games played between 1970 and 2011 ...
Package design is an essential element of branding in the cosmetics, personal and home care industry and a vital part of the product development process. To ensure success, each product often requires specialized packaging to promote the ...
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The executive director of Winter Cereals Canada says abundant snow cover in much of Saskatchewan and Manitoba should provide the protection necessary to allow cereal crops planted last fall to survive the winter. Figures released by ...
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The surface of Mars is full of activity, with dust storms, dust devils, and drifting dunes in constant motion. Scientists suspect that similarly rich activity may exist underneath the surface, even though it has never been seen. Now in a ...
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One of the biggest challenges facing rechargeable batteries with lithium (Li) electrodes is the growth of dendrites, which can short-circuit the batteries and cause complete failure. Although dendrites do their damage in the battery's ...
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While climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gases associated with livestock, according to an analysis by an international ...
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People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking. Overall, global shipments of digital cameras have fallen 30 percent this year, according to Christopher Chute, research ...
Tags: Smartphones, Camera