A U.S. woman goes to court Thursday to fight what appears to be the first citation for wearing Google Glass, the computer-embedded glasses, while driving. The case in San Diego could help shape future laws on wearable technology as it ...
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The banning of certain types of a common class of chemicals known as phthalates has reduced Americans' exposure to the chemicals' potential harms, a new study suggests. However, the researchers also found evidence of increased exposure to ...
The $1 trillion spending bill that lawmakers introduced Monday cuts $1 billion from the health law's Prevention and Public Health Fund and holds down funding for other health law programs to 2013 levels, but leaves it otherwise untouched. ...
As global environmental pollution escalates, the new generation lighting technology LED has become a major focus. LED replacement trend has been initiated as LED lighting efficiency and lifetime improves significantly, and has evident ...
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More than a week after marijuana prohibition came to an end in Colorado, the joy has faded as residents adjust to the new normal of having the most liberal marijuana laws in the U.S. Long lines are gone from the 37 -- and counting -- pot ...
In 1879, the incandescent light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison, according to a report by a South Daily Media Group subsidy. Yet, 135 years later today, incandescent bulbs will officially become history in the U.S. Starting from Jan. 1, ...
Tags: Incandescent Bulbs, Ban
Laboratory tests on Washington State's exotic shellfish export, the geoduck clam, have found no evidence of unsafe or excessive levels of arsenic, rebutting claims made by Chinese food safety authorities that followed?a sudden ban placed on ...
Spot European-delivered thermal coal traded a hefty $4 higher in early trading Wednesday, as an intervention by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cast fresh doubts on whether US producer Drummond will manage to evade an export ban in ...
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The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) has filed the latest installment in a long-running court case relative to cloned horse registration. Some owners have used the cloning process-which was first performed on horses in 2003-to ...
An agreement between Greenland and Denmark governing uranium extraction in the Arctic territory will be in place by the end of the year, the Danish prime minister said on Wednesday. "I'm confident that we will get a cooperation agreement ...
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China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. The move effectively ...
Tags: game consoles, China, Shanghai free-trade zone, domestic console sales
Figure 1 - This animated GIF shows Asteroid 2014 AA, discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Jan. 1, 2014, as it moved across the sky. Credit: CSS/LPL/UA Several sources confirm that the first discovered asteroid in 2014, ...
Swiss officials have enacted a law prohibiting the use of hyperflexion (also known as rollkur) in that country. The law applies to competitive events as well as training sessions, said Regula Kennel, communications director of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
A giant bluefin tuna sold at a Japanese auction on Sunday for less than five percent of the record-breaking sum paid last year amid concerns over soaring prices for the prized delicacy. The 230-kilogram (507-pound) bluefin tuna was ...
Householders in the United States are preparing to upgrade their lighting with more energy efficient lamp technologies after the country's ban on 40W and 60W incandescent lamps came into force at the beginning of January. The phase out, ...
Tags: lighting, energy efficient lamp technology, incandescent lamps