In studying a material that prevents marine life from sticking to the bottom of ships, researchers led by chemist Joseph DeSimone at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a surprising replacement for the only ...
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House Republicans are considering their options on tying proposals they want to see to passing an increase in the debt ceiling, among them fixing the way Medicare pays doctors. Democrats and the White House are making it increasingly clear ...
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I don't know exactly who was the first person to figure out that robots could be used for long-exposure light painting (although it may have been the guy linked to from here), but it's something that I've dabbled in for science, as have ...
Tags: Robot, long-exposure light painting, inspired by the Tangram
A new international multi-center study led by researchers from UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is the first to evaluate whether purified cannabinoid is effective in treating severe forms of childhood epilepsy that do not respond to ...
TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- A new study confirms there is an unspoken rule among women: Don't settle for a short man. The researchers first analyzed data from online dating ads posted by about 450 men and 470 women across the United ...
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USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
The New York Times: Health, Work, Lies On Wednesday, Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, said the obvious: losing your job and choosing to work less aren't the same thing. If you lose your job, ...
Tags: Health, Labor Market, Obamacare, 'Narrow Networks'
(Phys.org) —A small team of mathematicians, led by Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson of the of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has uploaded a paper to the preprint server arXiv describing a mathematical process they used to ...
Tags: mathematical process, tie, knot, The Matrix Reloaded
Studying a cycle of protein interactions needed to make fat, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered a biological switch that regulates a protein that causes fatty liver disease in mice. Their findings, they report, may help ...
This Editorial appears in the Feb. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. We were disappointed — but not surprised — that Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said he would not support an increase in federal ...
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Cardboard is becoming a more commonly used material for furniture. It can range from self made student furniture to fully processed products available to buy. In my opinion these are some of the best cardboard furniture items out there. ...
Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
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The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
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Enjoying a strong uptick in market share in 2013 and its strongest orders this January since the heady days of 2006, Daimler Trucks North America is cautiously optimistic about the rest of the year and further extending its market ...
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The great achievements of double tenth in the past two years,let more and more traditional enterprises plan enter into the online sales.However, how to break the bottleneck of traditional sales.It needs certain considerations. ...
Tags: Stationery, Office Supplies, E-Commerce