This year’s Helsinki Design Week was a citizens’ fest more than ever. Organised for the 12th time, the design festival was spread across the city from September1 to 11, reaching 158,000 visitors in total. That indicates an ...
A research team led by faculty scientist Ali Javey at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has created a transistor with a gate length (the defining dimension of a transistor) just 1nm long, ...
Deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has announced additional cost-reduction initiatives after deciding to significantly reduce future investments in its atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has produced a broad-area laser diode with a lateral brilliance of up to 4.8W per millimeter and milliradiant (W/(mm*mrad)) in the laboratory. The more brilliant the laser, the more ...
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Australian business attitudes are upbeat as we head into the year-end holiday trading period. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s September Business Expectations Survey, companies are anticipating increased sales, profits, employee ...
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German luxury car-maker Audi is expanding its production footprint worldwide by opening a new automobile plant in San José Chiapa, state of Puebla, Mexico. The plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 150,000 ...
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America’s off-road truck leader, Ram has introduced the Ram Rebel TRX concept. Ripping over pavement at speeds greater than 100 mph is an experience, but the Ram Rebel TRX concept hits triple digits in an off-road environment with ...
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The reveal set was made from 5,805,846 individual LEGO bricks, breaking the previous Guinness World Record by 470,646 pieces. Land Rover has debuts its new Discovery SUV by breaking a Guinness World Record for the largest LEGO structure ...
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In a 25,000-square-foot commercial office on the Rensselaer Technology Park campus in Troy, N.Y., scientists from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are making plans to install LED lighting with ...
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Automation specialist Vanderlande has officially opened the doors to its new cutting-edge office building in Veghel, Netherlands. A formal ceremony was held on and a commemorative brick was laid in celebration of the milestone event. The ...
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In its most successful campaign against food insecurity ever, Australia’s largest hunger relief organisation Foodbank has engaged the public and its partners to generate a record-breaking 13 million servings of food for Australians in ...
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Drinks giant William Grant & Sons has reported an 8.9% increase in profits after tax for fiscal year 2015, reaching a record high of £147.4m. The company posted a profit of £135.3m in 2014. A planned reduction in third-party ...
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If you own an iPhone 7, you won't have to worry next time someone spills water on it at the dinner table. Apple's newest iPhone is the first ever to be water-resistant. There were reports that the iPhone 6S could withstand some splashes, ...
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Apple wants HealthKit to become the central medical analysis tool that doctors and patients have been waiting for, according to Bloomberg. Apple plans to turn HealthKit app bundle into a full-fledged diagnostic tool that interprets ...
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Britney Spears performs at Apple Music Festival 10 in London. Apple Music Festival 10 is wrapping up its final week with live sets by some of the world’s biggest performers. The second week of the festival featured Britney ...
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