The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Monday that construction spending during December 2013 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $930.5 billion, 0.1 percent (±1.2 percent) above the revised ...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has realized junctionless (JL) gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowire field-effect transistors (NWFETs) "for the first time" by implantation-free source/drain metal-organic chemical vapour deposition ...
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), has claimed the world's first reconfigurable RF front end (RFFE) using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary ...
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Government incentives for a pair of proposed nuclear reactors could cost U.K. taxpayers as much as £17.62 billion, thus exceeding the reactors' projected cost. The EC figure is a preliminary estimate included in an initial report to ...
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Marine Ropes are subjected to hostile conditions involving friction, bending, tension and attack from corrosive sea environment. Even the rope hardware such as sheaves, rollers, knots, etc. has a damaging effect on it. In order to ensure ...
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Dark Horse range to debut at NY Toy Fair Two new lines of Game of Thrones figures are on the way from Funko and Dark Horse. Funko's Legacy Collection of higly articulated figures will be available exclusively in Barnes & Noble stores, ...
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Washington: Your small electric car may soon become faster and more efficient thanks to ‘super capacitors’ that are capable of storing far greater chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the ...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,266,098 vehicles in 2013, propelled by record sales in the car group’s two largest markets, China and the United States. Renault-Nissan's 2013 calendar-year sales, which include sales of ...
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Computer chips used in next-generation smartphones and supercomputers can't get much faster without overheating.That's why engineers hope carbon nanotubes offer a possible cooling solution that could enable processing speeds to continue ...
The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association(GAHBA),The American Institute of Architects Georgia(AIA Georgia),the Atlanta chapter of the National Association of Remodeling Industry(NARI),the Georgia chapters of the National Kitchen&Bath ...
From bacteria to plants to humans,all organisms have mechanisms that they use to repair DNA damaged by ultraviolet(UV)light.This fundamental maintenance function is critical to our health because damaged DNA can lead to diseases such as ...
Double and triple digit rises in searches for UK retailers from key export markets. Helen Dickinson, Director General, British Retail Consortium, said: “The UK is the world’s second biggest online retail exporter, beaten ...
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TORONTO, Ont.— Since 1988, the Canadian MBA Games continue to draw hundreds of future business leaders who compete with each other for top spots in three categories—academics, sport and spirit. Lasting a weekend and drawing MBA ...
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TT File Photo Consumer spending rose 0.4% in December, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 31. Commerce also said purchases rose 0.6% in November, a larger figure than was originally announced. Economists had projected spending ...
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Russia's gasoline and naphtha exports rose in January, as the cheaper ruble versus the US dollar made export netbacks more attractive, trading sources said. According to Energy Ministry figures, 384,370 mt of gasoline were exported in ...