The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer, the 7th term of the year, begins on May 6 and ends on May 20 this year. Start of Summer signals the transition of seasons. On this day, the ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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The Historic Pink Diamond “takes its place amongst fabled vivid pink gems” known in the world, the GIA said when assessing the stone. A fancy vivid pink diamond that is believed to have been part of the collection of ...
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Back to Nature Foods has expanded into soup and cereal product categories with the introduction of 10 new artisanal soups and cereals range. Back to Nature's new soups include Beef & Barley Soup, Minestrone with Farro Soup, Chicken ...
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Cintas Corporation, an apparel uniforms program provider said that has recycled 19.5 million PET bottles and diverted them from landfills to manufacture apparel. Cintas uses plant-based ingredients and plastic bottles to create fibres ...
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Coatings formulators can now expand their styling color gamut with the introduction of Sun Chemical’s new red shadeQuindo Violet 55 Quinacridone pigment. The intense color of Sun Chemical’s red shade Quindo Violet 55 is 10 ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has launched the Synios P 2720 family of LED light sources, designed and qualified for use in automotive lighting. From the outside, the 15 versions in the new family can hardly be ...
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Sun Chemical Performance Pigments has added new transparent red and yellow iron oxide pigments to its range of Sunsperse ECO aqueous pigment dispersions for waterborne emulsion architectural and industrial paints. The new transparent red ...
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Sun Chemical Performance Pigments is introducing to ormulators a variety of new pigment shades which expand the color gamut for architectural, industrial and automotive coatings applications. Additionally, experts from Sun Chemical and DIC, ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology has received the Red Dot Award for the first time from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen in the product design category for its FXS Combi machine. The FXS Combi that was launched at Interpack 2014 is a ...
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A new research by the University of Surrey has revealed that front labelling on food packaging can be more effective in persuading consumers to make healthier food choices. The research was recently published in the British Journal of ...
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Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has commenced production of 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata in the US. The two-seat roadster will be available in three trim levels, including Sport, Club and Grand Touring. MNAO MX-5 vehicle line manager ...
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Imagine you stood in a room with 393 fellow exhibitors, and asked them the question, “How did you stretch your exhibiting budget over the past two years?” Think of all the great advice they could share. Well, now you have all ...
A new granola-style blend from Kellogg Australia is the latest addition to its Special K brand’s growing range of cereals. Kellogg’s said the new Whole Grain Clusters provide “whole grains, fibre and protein”. The ...
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The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has opposed the government’s plan to impose sales tax on cotton in the 2015-16 Budget to mobilise PKR 50 billion in revenue, the Pakistani media has reported. KCA chairman Amin Hashwani ...
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