The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it has launched antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into imported calcium hypochlorite from China. Calcium hypochlorite is an ingredient in bleaching powder, ...
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. ...
Scientists studying the atmosphere above Barrow, Alaska, have discovered unprecedented levels of molecular chlorine in the air, a new study reports. Molecular chlorine, from sea salt released by melting sea ice, reacts with sunlight to ...
Sundyne recently won a contract to provide Ansimag sealless, non-metallic magnetic drive pumps to the United States Military for use in their mobile Explosive Destruction System (EDS) program at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. With the ...
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A hybrid-electric delivery truck leaving a FedEx distribution center in Charlotte, N.C. The “hydrogen economy” just got a nice push from the Obama administration, which is now partnering with the private sector to facilitate a ...
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In November last year, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry decreased by three percent compared to October, according to the preliminary data reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office ...
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German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that it has initiated a project to convert carbon from steel mill gasses into valuable chemicals. The electricity for this project is to come from renewable sources. ThyssenKrupp said that the ...
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Cilia—short, hair-like fibers—are widely present in nature. Single-celled paramecia use one set of cilia for locomotion and another set to sweep nutrients into their oral grooves. Researchers at Brown have discovered that those ...
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To prevent deaths and injuries to children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved a new federal mandatory standard to improve the safety of bedside sleepers. The Commission voted unanimously (3 to 0) January 8, ...
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In the aftermath of a house fire, many homeowners can anticipate a great deal of time and money will be spent on restoring the structure back to habitable conditions, even if the fire was very minor. Let's take for example a lightning ...
Packaging does not only refer to storing the products safely inside the peripheries of a sturdy and magnificent material. In recent times, packaging has come to be used for promotion purposes too. Many merchants and suppliers feel they can ...
Patching up holes in blood vessels and the heart's walls may become easier with a new light-activated glue. This adhesive, described in the journal Science Translational Medicine, sets in seconds when exposed to UV light. The new ...
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Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
Tags: marine cyanobacteria, ocean food chain, vesicles, gene transfer
Arabian American Development Co. (NYSE: ARSD), a leading provider of high purity specialty chemicals and 35% owner of Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company ("AMAK"), announced that AMAK received additional funds from the Saudi Industrial ...
Recent technological advances in air quality measurement methods such as X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy now make it possible and practical to monitor air pollution in a much more sophisticated way than before Launching a natural research ...