Gemini Planet Imager's first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star, Beta Pictoris, is blocked in this image by a mask so its light doesn't interfere with the light of the planet. In addition to ...
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Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that an enzyme from a microorganism first found in the Valley of Geysers on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia in 1990 can digest cellulose ...
Coswick Hardwood has launch the Chevron collection, a new line of European-style wood flooring. The new line will be presented at the Surfaces show in Las Vegas Jan. 28-30th, 2014, and will be available in North America in early 2014. ...
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Although social networking sites let users keep in touch with a wide group of acquaintances, new research shows that people still put most of their efforts into communicating with a small group of friends or family members. To maintain a ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is set to establish a new engine plant with an investment of BRl140m ($60m) at its new vehicle plant in Resende, Brazil. The new engine plant will open in 2014 and have a capacity to produce up to 200,000 ...
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The brewers at Samuel Adams are ushering in the new year with a new spring beer—Samuel Adams Cold Snap—the newest addition to the brewery's popular seasonal beer collection. Brewed for spring's transition away from the hearty ...
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Like salmon in reverse, long-snouted Bandringa sharks migrated downstream from freshwater swamps to a tropical coastline to spawn 310 million years ago, leaving behind fossil evidence of one of the earliest known shark nurseries. That's ...
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Microsoft Gold Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) competency is achieved when a company passes rigorous and auditable approval processes. For more than 10 years, Syscom has continuously exceeded this level of competency. "We are pleased ...
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The bitter chill gripping North America is a result of Arctic air that has spilled southwards, and global warming may be a cause, an expert said on Monday. Arctic air is normally penned in at the roof of the world by a powerful circular ...
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Industry leaders and retailers will see a vast array of technologically advanced products at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas this week, with device customisation, new screen sizes and advanced sensors all set to be key trends ...
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A consortium of Taiwanese companies is proposing to build a petrochemicals complex in China's Fujian province with state-owned Sinopec, Taiwan's Commercial Times newspaper reported Friday. The report said six Taiwanese companies, ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Prices Mar. corn closed at $4.23 and 1/2, up 3 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.89 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $424.50, up 70 cents Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.34, ...
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A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
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India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically produced booster technology after several previous missions had failed, taking another step forward in its ambitious space programme. The Indian-made ...
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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a space smaller than Earth's orbit around the ...
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