First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency from 21% (reported last August) to 21.5%, as certified at the Technology and Applications ...
Tags: PV Cell, Electronics
MillerCoors, a US brewer with more than 400 years of American brewing heritage, has completed a 3.2MW capacity solar panel installation at its Irwindale, California, brewery. The new solar array is the largest installed at any brewery in ...
Tags: brewery, solar array, Agriculture
Empire Today, the nation’s largest shop-at-home flooring company, will open its first retail stores in Fairfax, Va., on Jan. 29, and then on Feb. 5 in Commack and Westbury, N.Y., both of which are located on Long Island. Through ...
The weather world's been talking for months about the prospect of the southern oscillation index tilting from La Nina to El Nino, a shift that normally signals more crop-friendly, mild and moisture-plentiful weather for the Midwest. But ...
Posted in Regulatory and Compliance by Nancy Crotti on January 21, 2015 Just in time for the next wave of wearable wellness devices appears ready to roll, FDA has issued guidance statements about wellness products and medtech accessories. ...
Tags: type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, Health
k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies instrumentation and software for surface science and thin-film technology applications) and the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute ...
Tags: III-nitride materials research, growth parameters, Electrical
As we begin the approach into the digital age of retail and branding, the consumer’s mind has evolved while shopping in order to avoid, as well as pay attention to, certain things during the experience—whether she realizes it or ...
Tags: warehouse, drugstore, Construction
The China EV 100 this year will study surveys on issues including EV infrastructure, battery improvement, pilot EV business models and intelligent systems. Scholars and entrepreneurs said that charging points will be included in the ...
Tags: EV, eletric car
Safety Tip Extension springs should always be restrained with a safety cable that ties it to a solid point on the horizontal door track. This will ensure that it doesn't 'fly-off' in case the pulley, cable, or the spring itself breaks ...
Tags: Garage Door, Construction
The FDA won’t let 23andMe sell its Personal Genomic Service tests to consumers in the United States, but that hasn’t stopped the company from selling its customers’ anonymous information to other companies for research. ...
PPG Industries has posted a new video about specifying glass to prevent thermal stress breakage in the PPG Glass Education Center, a comprehensive website that helps architects, specifiers, students and construction industry professionals ...
Used to be that a car's bragging rights had everything to do with horsepower. Now, it's computing power, as automakers vie for consumer dollars with the latest in tech gadgetry. That pitched battle is in full view here at the 2015 ...
The 2015 International CES® will feature Hollywood stars, TV personalities, professional athletes and musical icons promoting the latest innovations revolutionizing the ways consumers live, work, play, connect and access information. ...
Tags: 2015 CES, Hollywood Stars, TV Personalities
Life Time Fitness has expanded its annual Commitment Day to a four-day Commitment Festival that kicks off Friday, Jan. 1, with a 5K Fun Run in 52 cities. Set to take place at 113 Life Time destinations from coast to coast, the Festival ...
Tags: Festival, athletic abilities, Sporting Goods
Health, wellness and lifestyle company Magic Nutrition has announced the online release of a stress reducing and focus improving beverage shot MagicMind in the US. The company will launch the beverage officially at the PGA Demo Day in ...
Tags: beverage, Agriculture