A common problem at Pearl Harbor, biofouling affects harbors around the world. It's the process by which barnacles, muscles, oysters, and tubeworms accumulate on the bottom of boats and other surfaces. Now researchers at the University of ...
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Major pork producers Smithfield Foods and Tyson Foods have both announced plans this week to develop animal welfare improvements within their facilities, including moving away from the practice of using sow gestation crates, small metal ...
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Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) annual research and development update marks the company's largest advancement of products to date. The agricultural company announced today a record 29 products progressed in its pipeline with five of those ...
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A new combination of drugs might prolong life in certain older leukemia patients, a new study suggests. The research, led by German scientists, included nearly 800 older people (average age 73) who had been diagnosed with chronic ...
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Today (January 7, 2014), Ing. Guillermo Coco, President of Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén S.A., Martin Bachmann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall Holding GmbH and responsible for Exploration & Production ...
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The North American International Auto Show will see the U.S. debut of the latest Golf R, the most powerful version of the Golf ever to be sold in this market. With an estimated 290 horsepower, the new Golf R has 34 hp more than the ...
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Argentina is still on track to grow a record soybean crop this season after moderate to heavy showers in recent days ended a brutal heat wave that threatened to slash yields. Corn suffered some damage in December's heat wave, but ...
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Researchers in Japan have created indium phosphide (InP) nanowire (NW) solar cell structures with internal quantum efficiencies (IQEs) that beat the performance of bulk InP-based devices in the short-wavelength range of 300-570nm [Masatoshi ...
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Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Biotech Inc. is showing interest in stem cell therapy delivered to the heart via a catheter. Janssen is providing an upfront payment of $12.5 million related to Capricor Therapeutics Inc.'s CAP-1002 therapy ...
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If you're one of the millions of people who count losing weight among their top New Year's resolutions, you might want to pay careful attention to some new findings by UC Santa Barbara psychology professor Brenda Major. It turns out that ...
March CBOT corn futures retreated Tuesday amid speculation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will raise its production estimate for the 2013-2014 crop that was harvested in the fall, in a report due out this Friday. Technically, ...
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Kia has showcased 24 concepts for future telematic and infotainment technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with a focus on hands-free control systems. The technological showcase is designed to show how telematic and ...
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The US trucking industry has several wishes it would like to see fulfilled in 2014, which it says would contribute to a more productive industry. “This time of year is a good one for self-reflection and analysis,” said ATA ...
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Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. (TSX:GQM) (OTCQX:GQMNF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to secure a US$10,000,000 loan (the "Loan"). The proceeds of the Loan will be applied to the ongoing ...
Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth Metals") (TSX: DM) (TSX: DM.U) is pleased to announce that the Twin Metals Minnesota Project ("Twin Metals") Pre-feasibility is progressing well with a completion date scheduled for mid-year 2014. Over the ...
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