The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the 50,000th LEED-certified green housing unit. “As one of the most rigorous green residential rating systems in the world, LEED for Homes is the standard against which all other ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014: Designing chairs since 1983, Brian Boggs has become an internationally respected chair maker and artist, based in Asheville, NC. A natural talent for design and an enthusiasm for producing world-class handmade ...
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center's Molly Berkowitz, R.N., Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator, recently received the "Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Educator Award" at the annual New Jersey statewide conference on Emergency ...
MONDAY Jan. 20, 2014, 2014 -- Happier seniors can look forward to greater mobility as they age than their gloomier peers, new research suggests. The findings don't prove that happiness preserves mobility. However, "the research suggests ...
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The EU will announce climate change targets for 2030 next week but sharp differences over priorities and an unwillingness to take the lead while global rivals hang back may result in a modest compromise deal. The 2020 programme is widely ...
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The use of biomaterials and more benign chemicals in coatings in Europe is accelerating as whole supply chains give greater priority to sustainablity, particularly as a means of protecting the environment. At the same time, however, ...
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Nearly 40 percent of preschoolers with autism are getting some kind of complementary or alternative therapy for their condition, with nutritional supplements and special diets being the most common things parents try, a new study shows. ...
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After two years of difficult and meticulous work examining, refurbishing, and testing the aging workhorse watt balance called NIST-3, PML researchers have used the instrument to obtain their latest measured value of the Planck constant ...
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(Phys.org) —It is one the oldest mathematical problems in the world. Several centuries ago, the twin primes conjecture was formulated. As its name indicates, this hypothesis, which many science historians have attributed to the Greek ...
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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The Timberland Co. has become the 75th vendor partner of the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (Grassroots), a buying group of 47 outdoor specialty retailers with about $225 million a year in sales. ADVERTISEMENT The Timberland brand was ...
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Sutter Davis Hospital (SDH) has become the first organization in the greater Sacramento area and the smallest hospital ever to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's only Presidential honor that recognizes ...
CTCA to be recognized at A.S.P.E.N Conference in January 2014 Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) has been recognized by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) with the organization's ...
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of the new generation SciVal. SciVal will allow research organizations to analyze the world of research, ...
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Elderly people with high serum vitamin E levels are less likely to suffer from memory disorders than their peers with lower levels, according to a study published recently in Experimental Gerontology. According to the researchers, various ...
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