The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently published its latest Solid State Lighting (SSL) Manufacturing R&D Roadmap for 2013. The Roadmap complements the SSL R&D Multi-Year Program Plan that guides the Core and Product Development R&D ...
The 2013 World Solar Challenge has been won by a team from The Netherlands, with its solar-powered racer crossing the line more than 100km ahead of its nearest rival. The Dutch Nuon Solar Team took victory ahead of the Japanese Tokai ...
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Tyco Retail Solutions, a leading global provider of retail performance and security solutions, announced an innovative new Sensormatic Acousto-Magnetic (AM) hard tag for delicate apparel and fine fabrics. Unlike anything else on the ...
In a keynote address titled, “Global Leadership and the Chemical Industry,” to the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) annual meeting in Berlin on October 7, Mohamed Al-Mady, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Vice ...
This article reviews polymeric membrane fabrication techniques for pressure-driven membrane processes and membrane distillation, looking at the membrane structure–property relationship and how structure parameters affect membrane ...
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, says it has delivered a specially designed lightweight version of its record-breaking solar module to the Nuon Solar Team to help ...
Mount Panorama will be included in the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 video game, for the first time in the franchise’s 15-year history. The Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, Bathurst, to give the track its full name, will be one of ...
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Audi hopes to showcase the ‘real world’ fuel efficiency benefits of its green technology-packed A3 Sportback by taking part in this year’s World Solar Challenge. A biennial event for electric vehicles pitting competitors ...
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The front-runners in the 2013 World Solar Challenge have crossed the border into South Australia on the approach to the finish line in the epic sun-powered continent-splitting race. The Nuon Solar Team from the Netherlands leads the field ...
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Biodiesel has faced a backlash in recent years, as critics charge the industry with razing land and pushing up food costs. But as its competitors struggle, one Hong Kong-based company is moving ahead with a US$165 million plant that turns ...
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Airports are benefitting from the sustainable growth in the aerospace industry. They are increasingly developing into retail centers and will become even more closely integrated into urban areas in the future. At the same time, capacity ...
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The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA), a statutory authority of the Government of Botswana, and a milk processing firm MilkAfric have inked a memorandum of understanding to empower young dairy entrepreneurs. As per the agreed terms, an ...
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The Innovative Composites Summit (I.C.S.), a program of strategic, technical and end-user conferences, will be presented in conjunction with the JEC Americas Composites Show & Conferences at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, ...
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The shifting of orders for apparel from Bangladesh to other countries is a challenge for the country’s garment sector, Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said at a press ...
MHI, the organization representing materials handling in North America and the sponsor of ProMat and the upcoming Modex event in Atlanta, unveiled the first draft of the Material Handling & Logistics U.S. Roadmap at its annual meeting in ...
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