After introducing Gesture Control in its 7 Series, German automaker BMW is planning to introduce AirTouch to its infotainment system. AirTouch allows drivers and passengers to take control of the car's entertainment, navigation and ...
The Chinese government's leading think-tank has released a new study downplaying concerns about the level of debt being held by local governments, suggesting that more spending needs to take place to cope with social issues. On the heels ...
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U.S. space agency NASA announced on Monday it has found "strong" evidence that there is liquid water intermittently flowing on present-day Mars. Images taken from the Mars orbit showed dark, finger-like markings that, typically less than ...
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Robot sales in China are set to almost triple by 2018. Data shows annual robot sales in China may jump to 150-thousand by the end of 2018, up from 57-thousand last year. The country is trying to modernize its industrial production and ...
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Thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique, scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs. In a paper in the U.S. journal Science this week, the researchers described using the ...
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Opportunistic bacterial pathogens, including those linked to inflammations or skin irritations, have been found living on the International Space Station, according to a study conducted by the U.S. space agency NASA. "Where there are ...
Chinese scientists have found that sediment transport in Yellow River was reduced mainly due to anthropogenic changes. The Yellow River was once the world's largest carrier of fluvial sediment, with 90 percent coming from the Loess ...
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21 Dec 2015 Tobacco giant Philip Morris has lost its fight against the plain packaging laws that it claimed would threaten the intellectual property of its brands. The company behind Marlboro, Peter Jackson and Longbeach cigarettes has ...
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Leading company in chemicals Stahl joined forces with Rinspeed, the creative think-tank and mobility lab for the automotive industry. The result is a 'driverless car' with a futuristic and sustainable car interior featuring eye-catching ...
Blumberg Grain, a US-based food security company, opened its command and control center, as part of the government of Egypt's Shouna Development Project. The launch, which was attended by VIP guests and dignitaries, took place onsite at ...
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Mars Chocolate North America has issued a voluntary recall of its Dove Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes, 24.0 oz. bag, a seasonal product from across the US stores, due to the presence of undeclared allergens. Around 6,700 cases of the ...
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Members of the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies on Monday presented Christmas gifts to children at the Kumasi Children's Home, a state-run orphanage in Ghana's second largest city Kumasi. The gifts included LED TV sets, tower fans, ...
he Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Friday it would expand the size of its asset purchasing program while maintaining the same size of the monetary base, in a bid to drive wages higher and boost business spending, two mainstays of the ...
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Consumers are looking for resealable packaging that keeps their fresh produce even fresher, according to a report by Mintel. The Mintel report, called Locavore: Attitudes toward Locally-sourced Foods, concluded that consumers wanted fresh ...
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Herbert Hainer, Adidas Group CEO, said for the first time that Adidas may explore “alternatives” to its long sponsorship of FIFA if soccer's world governing body does not reform itself. "If FIFA succeeds in reforming itself -- ...
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