When molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) entered the conversation related to two-dimensional (2-D) alternatives to graphene in electronic applications, some thought that MoS2 had an edge as a transistor material. That thought was inspired by the ...
Tags: MoS2, Nature Communication, semiconductor, CVD
Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has raised around NZD250m ($207m), under a five-year dim sum bond issue, in a move to develop its business in China. The dim sum bonds have been issued as part of Fonterra Treasury's ...
Tags: Fonterra, Chinese Operations, dairy
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that there is nothing effective about the existing European climate policy which is highly damaging to the competitiveness of European industry, forcing the shift of industrial production ...
Tags: steel industry, climate change
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new genetic platform that allows efficient production of naturally occurring molecules, and have used it to produce a novel antibiotic compound. Their study, published ...
Traditional photovoltaic solar cells have an inherent limit on the efficiency at which they can convert sunlight into energy. This limit—based on the bandgap of the material used and known as the Shockley-Queisser limit—is about ...
Tags: Thermophotovoltaic, solar cells, Nature Nanotechnology, low-bandgap
According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 58.3 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 5.3 percent from 2012. While the trade had been slightly behind 2012’s pace ...
Tags: Iron Ore Shipments, Mineral
Globally thousand tons of waste material release but we ignore it and consider as waste material but we do not know that these waste is how much important. No doubt after industrialization more and more industries established, due to that ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Biomass Briquette Plant
Many Chinese designers are dedicated to creating new products to better the manufacture and our daily life. "The Beauty of Made in China", a national competition of industrial designs, aim to dig out the most creative ones and tell you What ...
Tags: The Beauty of Made in China, Made-in-China, Awards Ceremony
Americans are being exposed to significantly lower levels of some phthalates that were banned from children's articles in 2008, but exposures to other forms of these chemicals are rising steeply, according to a study led by researchers at ...
Tags: Endocrine Disrupters, Banned Endocrine Disrupters, UCSF
Expanding the program for low-income residents would help bring new revenue to the hospitals. Meanwhile, supporters of Medicaid expansion offer a new proposal in Nebraska and a young man in Utah diagnosed with cancer faces treatment ...
Tags: Medicare Funding Cuts, Medicare Funding, Virginia Hospitals
Free speech is perhaps our most cherished civil liberty. Without free speech -; especially free speech on key cultural, political and religious issues -; the United States is no longer the pluralistic republic envisioned by our Founders. ...
Tags: Health Care, Debate Health Care, Young People Signed up for Health Care
Increased buying interest for North Sea crude oil cargoes, resulting in a sharp increase in price for a number of key grades, has negatively impacted Northwest European refinery margins, according to traders Wednesday. The cracking yield ...
Tags: Refinery, crude oil cargoes
Seventy percent of CIOs plan to change their relationships with technology providers and outsourcing partners over the next two to three years, according to a Gartner survey. The Gartner Executive Program Survey of 2,339 CIOs worldwide ...
Tags: Change Suppliers, Flat budgets
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have demonstrated broadband terahertz (THz) wave generation using metamaterials. The discovery may help develop noninvasive imaging and sensing, and make possible THz-speed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Today's headlines include reports about the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services that people who get their health insurance through high-risk insurance pools will have an extra two months before this program ends. ...
Tags: high-risk insurance, White House, Obamacare, Health Law