Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has developed conventional aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with record-breaking figures-of-merit (FOMs) for frequency and breakdown performance [Kumud ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
There was a time when the typical floor tile used in the U.S. was under a foot. Today, a 12-inch tile is considered small, as Americans have discovered the unique styling attributes of large format tiles. In fact, it wasn't too long ago ...
Tags: Tiles, floor tile, Construction, Decoration
Teaching people how to flavour food with spices and herbs was "considerably more effective" at lowering salt intake than having them reduce their salt intake on their own, according to research from the University of California. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
What Goes Around Comes Around, the leading resource of authentic vintage and luxury items, announced that it has partnered with Borderfree, a market leader in international cross-border ecommerce solutions, to expand its online presence ...
Tags: luxury items, authentic vintage
The number of businesses indicating they will hire staff in the months ahead has increased for a third consecutive quarter, supporting a view that underlying economic conditions are stable and that confidence is sound in spite of recent ...
Tags: Service, Employment
Automated Barrier Doors Protect Staff at Shipping Facility Founded more than 40 years ago, Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) is a brand that people have come to know and trust. The Winchester, VA-based company manufactures innovative, ...
Tags: Automated Barrier Doors, Staff, Industrial Equipment, Components
As part of Economic Action Plan 2014, the Government of Canada today tabled new legislation intended to improve the level of protection for workers handling hazardous materials in the workplace. The proposed legislative changes to the ...
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Spring Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting in Barcelona, Nam?k Ekinci, chairman of the Turkish Steel Exporters' Association, stated that the antidumping duty investigation launched by the US against Turkish ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
The 3D printing market, including 3D printer sales, materials and associated services, reached US$2.5 billion globally in 2013. Canalys predicts that this will rise to US$3.8 billion in 2014, with the market continuing to experience rapid ...
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Sun Yat-sen University in China has improved the wall-plug efficiency of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on silicon by incorporating a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) [Yibin Yang et al, Appl. Phys. ...
Tags: InGaN LEDs, Silicon, semiconductor
Parliamentarians, Government officials and representatives of management of textile companies have exchanged views on the status and development of the textile and clothing industry in Switzerland. At the annual meeting of the ...
Tags: Textile Industry, clothing industry, textile
Nampak Plastics, the UK’s leading producer of plastic milk bottles based in Newport Pagnell, has announced that sales of its multi-award-winning Infini bottle have reached the 500 million mark. Since its launch in 2012, sales of the ...
Researchers in France have reported on solar cell devices based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) [Sirona Valdueza-Felip et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol7, p032301, 2014]. Conversion efficiencies of up to 2% ...
Tags: Solar Cells, InGaN
This year's Budget is a good one for manufacturers. Together with other leading trade associations, we argued the case for reducing the rising cost of energy and the Chancellor has responded with a £7bn support package. We have also ...
Tags: Office Supplies
This year Turkey is expected to export apparel worth US$ 19 billion, and by 2017, the country is estimated to export clothing products worth $30 billion, said Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association (IHKIB) board chairman Hikmet Tanriverdi, ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Apparel, Turkish apparel