About 12 European food and beverage manufacturers and retailers have made a commitment to harmonize nutrition labelling and information across all markets in the European Union (EU). As a part of this initiative, the companies plan to ...
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American confectionery company Mars has opened a EUR80m chocolate factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia, as a part of its plan to strengthen its position in the BRIC chocolate market. Initially, the factory will manufacture chocolate bars, and the ...
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With NASA's super rover Curiosity successfully investigating Mars,the space agency announced plans to extend its work there and even send up another robotic rover. "The Obama administration is committed to a robust Mars exploration ...
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Mars Botanical has launched CocoaVia, a cocoa extract supplement, at Vitamin World stores across the US. For the past year, CocoaVia supplements have been available exclusively online, and with the retail launch, the company expects to ...
Why have satellite makers and astronomers beaten a path across Essex? To get to the best image sensors in the world, probably. E2V not only made the CheMin and ChemCam image sensors within NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, it is also the ...
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Robots have long captured our imagination. Now a new iPad app will show how robots are becoming reality. Robots for iPad, a fun and engaging app featuring the world's coolest robots, is now available in Apple's App Store. Created by IEEE ...
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A year after NASA's Mars rover Curiosity blasted off on its 352-million-mile journey to the Red Planet,the nuclear-powered super rover has discovered evidence of ancient water flows and is studying the planet's atmosphere and surface. ...
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A scout hut in Aldershot has become the first to test drive Fubra Limited's new initiative to introduce young people to the world of programming. The Fubra Universe has launched as a pilot with 2nd Aldershot Scouts through a 100Mbps ...
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NASA scientists may be holding onto a"really interesting"discovery on Mars that could be historic. John Grotzinger,NASA's principal investigator for the Mars rover Curiosity mission,said last week that the agency is getting exciting ...
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The minister for employment,Mark Hoban,is meeting the food manufacturing industry's top players today(November 12)–including Mars,Cranswick and Associated British Foods(ABF)–to offer them cash incentives for employing young ...
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Food manufacturers in the US,including Hershey and Nestle,have kept sites closed after Hurricane Sandy hit the east of the country last night. Confectionery giant Hershey confirmed to just-food its facilities in Pennsylvania remained shut ...
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Victoria and Albert Museum(V&A)celebrates the most beloved characters in the history of Hollywood and the'silver screen'in an exhibition called''Hollywood Costume',which opens on October 20,2012 and runs until January 27,2013. Costume ...
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Computerworld - A robotic arm onboard the International Space Station reached out and grabbed hold of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship today, attaching the commercial craft to the station. The station's Canadarm captured the spacecraft at ...
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Kraft Foods is launching Cadbury Crispello in the UK in order to woo women who have cut down on chocolate bars. The company will support Cadbury Crispello, the UK subsidiary's first countline since the 1990s, with a GBP7m (US$11.3m) ...
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China’s Haitian International Holdings Ltd. has seen its annual sales more than double in recent years to about US$1 billion, joining the ranks of the world’s biggest injection molding machinery suppliers. Now the firm said ...
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