The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is awarding the University of California, Berkeley, a $1.5 million grant for work to assess the impact of pollution from household and village-scale stoves on air quality in ...
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Thermal transfer printers are a popular solution for reliable digital printing of variable information on a wide range of packaging substrates. When comparing the cost-effectiveness of thermal transfer technologies, three often-overlooked ...
American Apparel, Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel, announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Financial Performance Summary for the ...
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Technicians use Goodyear's Tire Trac when performing on-site tire inspections, measuring tire inflation levels, tread depth and other aspects of a tire's condition. The captured information is used to create customized reports that show how ...
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Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, is introducing Hydral Coat 2 Ultrafine Alumina Trihydrate (ATH) for use in coil coatings and other high performance coating-related applications. In coatings applications ...
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Due to the surging demand for rooftop solar panels from the U.S. to Japan, investment in clean energy rose by 9% in the first quarter comparing to the same period in 2013, says Bloomberg. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) indicated ...
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SA8000 is an auditable certification standard that encourages organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace. It was developed in 1997 by Social Accountability International (SAI), formerly the ...
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LEED certified buildings are intended to use resources more efficiently when compared to conventional buildings simply built to code. However, analysis of energy and water use data from New York City shows that LEED certification does not ...
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When the new semester coming, we can see a lot of parents are busy purchasing new stationery for the children.In recent years, with the development of the stationery industry and the changing concept of consumer , all kinds of students ...
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The Australian compressed air industry has long been dominated by plastic and galvanised steel piping products - materials borrowed from allied industries such as the building and plumbing sectors. Traditionally, engineers and contractors ...
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Iveco’s Dakar 2014 competing Trakker Evolution 3 – will join a line-up of on and off-road Ivecos when the Commercial Vehicle Show opens its doors on 29 April in Birmingham. The Trakker Evolution 3 is expected to be one of this ...
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A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards. Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of ...
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Research into the emerging field of quantum computing will be carried out at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University in Beijing using recently purchased plasma systems from UK-based etch and ...
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U.S. corn farmers soared to new heights in 2013, growing the largest crop on record, at 13.9 billion bushels. To celebrate these heroics, the National Corn Growers Association delves into the facts about corn production, use and offers a ...
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February steel imports are expected to hold at elevated levels seen in January, which was already a near 27% boost from December, according to Department of Commerce data that was updated Tuesday. The US had 2.9 million mt of steel ...
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