University of Leeds researchers have taken the lead in the race to build the world's most powerful terahertz laser chip. A paper in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) journal Electronics Letters reports that the Leeds ...
A study by PwC US found that global transportation and logistics mergers and acquisitions rose by 57 percent in the fourth quarter, while the value of those deals increased by 100 percent. The firm, which publishes a quarterly analysis of ...
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Construction employment expanded in 192 metro areas, declined in 84 and was stagnant in 63 between December 2012 and December 2013, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Wednesday by the Associated General ...
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Based on the US Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis(SIMA)data,the American Iron and Steel Institute(AISI)reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of January total 3,080,000 ...
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Study finds improvements in survival largely reflect gains among non-elderly whites and Asians While new and better treatments have improved the odds of survival for patients diagnosed late stage colorectal cancer, that progress has been ...
In 2012-13 we evaluated 24 cultivars of bicolor and white synergistic cultivars of sweet corn in 3 locations across Pennsylvania. This article presents our methods and results. To provide growers with information for successful, region ...
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It is indeed becoming curiouser and curiouser (to quote Alice in Wonderland) that this discussion should focus so one-sidedly on our lowly alfalfa crop. Even the National Geographic article implies that the quantity of 'water' exported with ...
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Researchers consider infant mortality to be a key indicator of population health. Currently, the United States ranks 27th among industrialized nations in infant mortality, but rates within the U.S. vary significantly by race, socioeconomic ...
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The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are alive 20 years later and that few die from the ...
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(Phys.org) —A team of German researchers has announced to the press that the bones they have been studying for almost 26 years are almost certainly those of Charlemagne, the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne is an ...
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A new study from the University of Iowa shows evidence that stock price movements are, in fact, predictable during short windows. The study by researchers in the Tippie College of Business suggests that price movements can be predicted ...
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Related cea CES Unveiled Adds Overseas Sites In 2014 cea CEA: Consumer Confidence Soft In January cea CEA: Tablet Ownership Still Growing In U.S. cea Snapchat, Shutterfly,Yelp Join CEA WASHINGTON – The Consumer Electronics ...
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Using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), researchers have identified microstructural changes in the brains of male and female college-level ice hockey players that could be due to concussive or subconcussive trauma. Until now, SWI has ...
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that a variant in SERPINE1, a gene involved in inflammation ...
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It remains a remarkable story: the staying power of retail beef demand in the U.S., despite record-high retail prices. And it's depicted in the latest beef demand index calculations from a K-State livestock economist. Dr. Glynn Tonsor ...
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