You’veVolumetric Efficiency surely heard that inside your iPhone, TV, and power drill sit fragments of valuable metals, and that our hunger for new gadgets is depleting the world of its very limited supply. But you’veVolumetric ...
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Canada stands as the largest international market for LEED green buildings and boasts more square meters of LEED-certified space than any other nation outside the United States, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Green ...
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Some companies have proven they can reinvent themselves, remaining current and agile despite supply chain disruptions. This is the case of Nokia Corp, a Finnish company founded in 1865 as a paper mill. The company’s evolution offers a ...
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) is adding to its QUAD HIFREQ series of high-power surface-mount multilayer ceramic chipThe main differences between ceramic dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The ...
The US sheet steel market might be in for another stretch of relative stability, as new upcoming outages balance import pressure and drab demand, market sources said Thursday. One industry consultant said manufacturing -- and thus steel ...
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In the world of soft surfaces, carpet tile—or modular carpet—is no stranger as the product has been around for roughly 60 years. From its start it was seen as a product that was beneficial for certain commercial environments, ...
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Renault’s 100 per cent electric-powered delivery vans will shortly join Australia Post’s fleet in Melbourne and Sydney. The Renault Kangoo Maxi Z.E. (Zero Emission) electric van, currently not sold in Australia, is widely used ...
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The Group of III-V Semiconductors of the Solar Energy Institute at the Technical University of Madrid (Instituto de Energía Solar at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, IES-UPM) has developed a highly conductive, high-bandgap ...
Say goodbye to your phone battery and charger. A new structural material could transform a mobile device’s entire case into a hybrid super-capacitor/battery, making traditional batteries obsolete. Researchers from Vanderbilt ...
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The need for high-power, high-frequency transistors is increasing steadily, commensurate with the huge demand for wireless telecommunications, notes market research firm Yole Développement in its report ‘RF GaN Technology & ...
Volvo Electric has signed an agreement with Hamburger Hochbahn for the delivery of three to hybrid buses. The plug-in technology enables fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be reduced by up to 75% and total energy consumption to be ...
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The spot price of uranium was about $28.25/lb Tuesday, unchanged from May 20, according to price publishing services. "Prices have leveled off, rather than heading down almost every day, as was the case" near the end of the week ended May ...
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The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group (The Golf Group) announced the convictions and sentences in China of seven men charged with manufacturing and selling counterfeit golf products, another critical step in the Golf ...
GMC, a subsidiary of the American vehicle manufacturer General Motors (GM), has introduced the 2015 Sierra All Terrain HD pickup truck in the US with a four wheel drive (4WD) option. Launched in 2500HD and 3500HD in double cab and crew ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has increased production of the transmission control units (TCU) at its Tianjin Plant in China. Launched in Changchun in 1998, TCU production expanded significantly in 2008 with the opening of a new plant ...
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