Eastern Canada's Nova Scotia government is in favor of the proposed 1.1 million b/d Energy East crude oil pipeline terminating at a deep water port in the province, rather than in neighboring New Brunswick on the Atlantic coast, the ...
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In its fiscal year 2013 sustainability report, Ikea Group is reporting positive developments in renewable energy, use of certified wood and sustainable cotton, and charitable contributions. The report outlines the company's progress ...
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As a range of climate change mitigation scenarios are discussed, University of Washington researchers have found that the injection of sulfate particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and curb the effects of global warming could ...
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Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group said its net income fell in the fourth quarter as weather and holidays hurt trucking and logistics operations. Profit fell to C$20.3 million, or 22 cents a share, a 6.9% decrease from last year's ...
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A team of UCA researchers led by Professor Esther Berrocoso and in joint collaboration with the mental health research groups of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) have carried out a ...
Last year,Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 11.86 million mt,down 0.4 percent compared to 2012,according to data from the Japan Iron and Steel Federation(JISF).Meanwhile,in December the country's galvanized sheet output increased ...
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Continuing its growth trajectory, the winter 2014 Las Vegas Market (held from 26-30th January at World Market Center Las Vegas) hosted the biggest and best-attended market in its nine-year history. Record-breaking gains in both attendance ...
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Continuing its rapid growth trajectory, the winter 2014 Las Vegas Market (January 26-30, at World Market Center Las Vegas) hosted its biggest and best attended market in its nine-year history. Record-breaking gains in both attendance ...
Tags: furniture, home décor, gift
Image courtesy of thinkstockphotos.com? A well-oiled office is a combination of many things, including the people, the tools used and the culture. These days, when many of us spend more time at work than we do at home, maintaining a ...
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China officially provided its new nation-wide aim of solar system installation this year – 14GW on the 2014 National Energy Workshop held this month, which is higher than the target set earlier. In the address given by Wu ...
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Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. ...
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has realized junctionless (JL) gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowire field-effect transistors (NWFETs) "for the first time" by implantation-free source/drain metal-organic chemical vapour deposition ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its laser epiwafer technology has been employed to develop ultra-high-efficiency optical interconnects, as reported in two technical papers presented by Germany's ...
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Brass and bronze are two popular metals those are widely used in across the world in various ways. Basically bronze and brass are both copper alloys but they vary in their composition and thus in their qualities and applications. Brass is ...
Capital expenditures for equipment suppliers serving the solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing segment are forecast to enter a new upturn phase beginning in 2015. According to Solarbuzz, PV equipment spending could potentially reach US$10 ...
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