Global demand for PV modules is expected to shift from 250W models currently to 260W ones in the second quarter of 2015, and thereby demand for polycrystalline silicon solar cells with energy conversion rates of at least 17.8% used to make ...
Tags: PV modules, solar cells, Lights
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific opinion on the safety of caffeine that was presented recently to EFSA. The provisional findings of the Draft Scientific Opinion on the ...
Tags: energy drink, public health, Agriculture
Google Glass freaked out some regular folks who feared for their privacy. Many were unsure about the practical applications for a wearable Android computer with an optical head-mounted display.Others were simply baffled at the price of ...
Tags: optical head-mounted display, Glass, Health
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, says that at the end of December it received an order for an MBE412 system (for delivery in 2015) from ...
Tags: Electronics Equipment Maker, MBE412 system, Electrical
China this week issued the first round of oil product export quotas for 2015, with volumes totaling 9.75 million mt, industry sources said Wednesday, January 14. This is significantly more than the roughly 8 million mt of quotas that were ...
Tags: Oil Export, Crude Oil
A team of US scientists has developed a novel nanowire coating for clothes that can both generate heat and trap the heat from our bodies better than regular clothes, according to reports from American Chemical Society’s (ACS) journal ...
Samsung is reportedly working on tidying up its TouchWiz user interface ahead of the Galaxy S6 launch. A new report, courtesy of BusinessKorea, says Samsung will ‘make an extensive change’ to TouchWiz, citing ‘industry ...
Samsung is reportedly working on tidying up its TouchWiz user interface ahead of the Galaxy S6 launch. A new report, courtesy of BusinessKorea, says Samsung will ‘make an extensive change’ to TouchWiz, citing ‘industry ...
Sources claim executives from both firms, along with advisers, met as recently as last week in order to discuss the terms of a potential deal. The report claims Samsung is offering up to 60 per cent more per share than the current trading ...
Tags: Samsung, Blackberry, Consumer Electronics
US-based LED lighting vendor Cree has filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin a charge against Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED packaging service, Lights
The country's 35 major cities and municipalities will release detailed analysis of sources of PM2.5 - fine pollutant particles found in the air - by the end of this year to help create more effective ways of curbing air pollution. The ...
Eating one avocado a day as part of a heart healthy, cholesterol-lowering moderate-fat diet can help improve bad cholesterol levels in overweight and obese individuals, according to new research published in the Journal of the American ...
Tags: moderate-fat diet, bad cholesterol levels, Agriculture
With China- and Taiwan-based suppliers eager to expand their presence, prices of fingerprint sensors are likely to fall below US$5 in 2015, according to industry sources. Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics, FocalTech Systems, Egis ...
Tags: Fingerprint Sensor, Sensor
We might not have long to wait for Apple Pay to hit UK shores. One report claims the service could roll out internationally as soon as March. According to sources speaking to 9to5Mac, Apple and its Canadian partners are planning ...
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Samsung is reportedly planning to release two versions of its upcoming flagship Galaxy S6 handset at this year’s Mobile World Congress. According to Business Insider, which cites ‘sources familiar with the ...
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