The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad hosted a panel discussion with Iraqi government and civil society leaders on January 31 in commemoration of World Wetlands Day. World Wetlands Day is celebrated around the world to promote public awareness of ...
Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
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The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International Committee E34 on Occupational Health and Safety has approved a new standard, “ASTM E2875/E2875M, Guide for Personal Protective Equipment for the Handling of Flat ...
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Africa has become a battleground for low-to-mid-range smartphones following high-profile launches of products from leading manufacturers in the last two months. In Kenya last month, Safaricom, the region's largest mobile carrier, launched ...
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Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
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Sumitomo Chemical announced its new Corporate Business Plan for the three-year period from fiscal 2013 to fiscal 2015. The year 2015 is the 100th anniversary of the opening of business of Sumitomo Chemical. With the aim of achieving ...
The Heimtextil 2013 Management Report entitled "Female Shift" illuminates the changes happening in the living environments of women and men. In collaboration with the Zukunftsinstitut, it succeeded in honing in on six trend areas which will ...
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C.O.O.L, Creative Outlook on Life, the unique lifestyle fashion brand that aspires to reassert the essence of "cool" as a lifestyle through the freedom of expression using intellect, creativity, and style, has developed the first fashion ...
Consumer Reports designated the Babyhome Eat high chair as Don't Buy: Safety Risk because it lacks key safety features designed to prevent an unharnessed child from sliding out of the seat or possibly being caught and strangled during a ...
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Kohl’s Department Stores invites customers to join the fight against breast cancer this spring with a new collection from the Kohl’s Cares cause merchandise program. The newest collection, designed by Jennifer Lopez, will be ...
Though India is the largest producer of organic cotton in the world, the demand for organic clothing is slowly-picking up in India, mostly because of its high price. Speaking to fibre2fashion, Mr. Prashant Balar owner of Herbal Fab, which ...
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Winners in the Outdoor category of the fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires™ Solid-State Lighting Design Competition were announced today at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by DOE, the Illuminating ...
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The SIA and SRC are trying to persuade the US Congress not to cut funds for basic semiconductor R&D. SIA president Rich Templeton argues that funding for bodies like the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of ...
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Thirty-seven commercial LED outdoor lights were recognized for their excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) fifth annual "Next Generation Luminaires" (NGL) solid-state lighting design competition, as announced at PennWell's ...
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Further cementing the company's position as an industry leader in LED technology, Philips has earned four Next Generation Luminaire™ (NGL) awards in the Outdoor Competition at the prestigious, fourth-annual NGL Solid State Lighting ...
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