The Healthy People 2020 initiative recently held a public webinar to update stakeholders on progress toward food safety objectives. Addressing the goals to reduce infections from pathogens commonly transmitted through food, Roberta ...
Coverings has partnered with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Architecture, to develop a course that will investigate the use of tile as a medium for furniture design. Through a 13-week series of lectures and ...
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RS Components (RS) has signed a global authorised distributor agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor. The agreement strengthens an existing collaboration between the two companies to deliver a portfolio of discrete semiconductor devices and ...
Mohawk announced the winners of the company's National Retailer of the Year awards at its 2014 Solutions Convention. The awards recognize the top-performing retailer for both the ColorCenter and Floorscapes aligned retailer programs. ...
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Navistar has posted new truck configurators that allow customers to design their own International ProStar, DuraStar or TerraStar truck models. "We know that an increasing number of customers in the commercial truck industry are ...
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Navistar Inc. said it has updated and re-designed its online truck configuration tool to allow customers to virtually design several models. The online tool allows users to view different configurations of International, ProStar, DuraStar ...
A lot of people would agree with the fact that storage racks come in a wide range of options and by choosing some different designs you will be able to store some precious items on the go. Some of the square shaped items can surely amaze ...
A patent for an industry-first aluminum welding process used on the 2014 Corvette Stingray is one example of how General Motors is driving more of its inventions into making and equipping cars and trucks on the road. Another industry ...
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America’s biggest-selling vehicle, the Ford F-150 ‘truck’, has been given a 21st-century makeover with multiple LED lighting, digital instruments, active safety features, a new downsized turbo engine, and lighter ...
With tablet use growing and mobile devices becoming more popular than ever in retail stores, Samsung has launched a new range of tablets targeted at prosumer users and those wanting to upgrade from a small-screen tablet experience. Making ...
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President Nixon funded research to wage a war on cancer, a long battle that we're still fighting today. While the last 40 years haven't brought us a cure, we have made some meaningful progress in developing tools and knowledge to take a ...
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The 2014 CES will be remembered as the year when 3-D printing arrived. Sure, there were plenty of grizzled veterans around who were willing to point out, as 3-D Systems' Avi Reichental did, that "3-D printing is an overnight success 30 ...
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Cilia—short, hair-like fibers—are widely present in nature. Single-celled paramecia use one set of cilia for locomotion and another set to sweep nutrients into their oral grooves. Researchers at Brown have discovered that those ...
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Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ethical concerns. In their review ...
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Asics America accentuated its strength in the running category and expanded its commitment to the growing training category with the signing of elite coach Andrew Kastor and fitness expert Michelle Lovitt as brand trainers. Kastor returns ...
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