In the U.S., many states have declared a state of emergency due to bad weather, waiving the HOS rules for truckers hauling propane. The waivers are in effect until: • Jan 17 or until emergency conditions no longer exist, whichever ...
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A group at Harvard University has created an aqueous flow battery that uses a quinone, a type of organic molecule that happens to have favorable electrochemical properties. The particular quinone they used is nearly identical to one found ...
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World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT), announced today that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Watson Petroleum Limited, a leading distributor of gasoline, diesel, heating oil, ...
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In the competitive high-street environment, the temptation is for retailers to illuminate their stores, shelves and shop windows with a dazzling array of light and colours, resulting not only in a bewildering shopping experience for ...
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"Power to gas" is a key concept when it comes to storing alternative energy. This process converts short-term excess electricity from photovoltaic systems and wind turbines into hydrogen. Combined with the greenhouse gas CO2, renewable ...
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Samsung is making a play for the “connected home” with a new service that will let people control things like their refrigerator, TV and heating system via a single smartphone app. It announced its Samsung Smart Home ...
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Transportation -- A patent application by the inventors Ogawa, Takayuki (Yokohama-shi, JP); Nishi, Mizuki (Matsusaka-shi, JP); Furuhashi, Kazunori (Matsusaka, JP), filed on March 2, 2012, ...
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Clarke Inc. said it has closed the sale of its truckload and less-than-truckload businesses to TransForce Inc. for C$100.5 million. The holding company expects a gain of $63 million to $68 million from the sale, it said in a Jan. 6 ...
The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday dropped 13.58 cents, or 12.47%, to a seven-week low of $0.9535/gallon, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data ...
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A deep freeze expected soon in the U.S. Midwest, northeastern New England states and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia. It hasn't been this cold ...
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Process panel heaters or IR panel heaters are used by a number of industries and businesses thanks to their efficiency and long lifespan. A typical design of an IR panel heater includes a size ranging between 6? and 12?, along with an ...
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After cold drawn seamless steel tubes are needed stress relief annealing, to eliminate the residual stress of the material, improve the organization of materials, improved plastic material, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing ...
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Details of the new additions to Audi Australia’s showroom in 2014. Audi A3 sedan (January), S3 sedan (April) Audi will make a flying start to 2014 with the Australian launch of the Audi A3 sedan. Audi’s first compact sedan ...
We see the world through it. The outside is kept away from our temperature-controlled environment by the use of it. It is glass. Window and door glass has evolved greatly over generations. I remember old window glass in our family’s ...
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A new technology for artificial muscles could be a boon to medical device manufacturers, according to a recently published paper in the Journal of Advanced Materials. The paper, dubbed Powerful, Multifunctional Torsional Micro Muscles ...
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