In terms of ethanol production, corn has some competition this winter— grain sorghum. The grain, also known as milo, produces the same amount of ethanol per bushel, but uses one third less water in the process of creating the fuel. It ...
Yale startup Saphlux has found a way to significantly advance LED technology and recently received US $100,000 in funding from the YEI Innovation Fund, backed by Yale, Connecticut Innovations and First Niagara Bank, as well as an additional ...
Tags: Yale, LED Chip, LED lightbulb
Australia’s transport ministers have decided to overtax the truck and bus industries by $515 million over the next two years, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association Christopher Melham said today. The ministers made the ...
Tags: Road Transport, heavy vehicle
A Kent State University professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a grant from the Binational Science Foundation to continue his development of a combined LED and organic transistor that could be used in flexible displays. ...
Tags: Flexible Displays, OLEDs
Speaking at a press conference with Taiwanese media at Semicon Taiwan on Sept. 2, 2015, Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura shared his observations on lighting technology trends and commented on Taiwanese LED manufacturers situation. Nakamura ...
With a mission to train the next generation of theatre artists in all disciplines, The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago had lighting design students illuminate St. Vincent de Paul Parish church in storytelling visuals and used ...
Tags: Elation, Lighting project
Alaskan legislators on Wednesday approved the state's buyout of TransCanada's interest in the Alaska LNG Project. The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve funds for the acquisition, which was proposed by Governor Bill ...
Tags: Alaska LNG, TransCanada, oil revenues
In order to breath life into the flagging euro zone economy and fending off deflation, The European Central Bank is poised to announce a plan to buy government bonds, resorting to its last big policy tool. Market expectations are sky-high ...
Tom Cruise's stunts and news of some Chinese investment are drawing people to Mission: Impossible-Rouge Nation. Xu Fan interviews director Christopher McQuarrie. Ethan Hunt looks unbeatable in Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. Tom ...
Tags: Chinese investment, films, Hollywood
Henry Chang-Yu Lee, the forensic scientist, had his own number tag (2056) at the Connecticut Department of Public Safety. But whenever his colleagues phoned for him, they asked for "007". In his career of more than 50 years, the ...
Visiting Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf co-chaired the Fifth Session of the Saudi-Chinese Joint Commission of Economic and Technical Cooperation on March 15. The two sides ...
Tags: bilateral trade, two-way investment, infrastructure, agriculture, culture
The visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Algerian Trade Minister Amara Benyounes co-chaired the 7th China-Algeria Joint Commission of Economy and Trade on April 10. The two sides spoke highly of bilateral cooperation in trade ...
British motion furniture manufacturer accentu8 is expanding with two new appointments. The Welsh rise and recline furniture manufacturer, which appointed Angela Gidden MBE as its consultant creative director in 2013, has taken on Lee ...
Tags: motion furniture, sofas, armchairs, high back chairs
Spink & Edgar Upholstery has further expanded its stockists with one of Bath’s largest furniture stores – TR Hayes – as the latest retailer to exclusively stock its new sofa range. Part of luxury bedmaker Harrison ...
Tags: manmade materials, sofas, spring technology
VantagePoint gives public service providers more control than ever before, with a lighting solution and module that fits into standard socket fixtures. The module identifies the type of light (legacy or LED) and adjusts to accommodate ...