Good news for glass companies focused on the multi-family and remodeling segments:Optimism reigned during the National Association of Home Builders'(NAHB)Construction Forecast webinar today.David Crowe,NAHB chief economist,opened the ...
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Once upon a time,there lived a mechanical engineer who pondered a question that has bothered intelligent,curious children for years.Namely,what qualities would the glass in Cinderella's slippers need to have in order for her to walk and ...
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UK-Visual Connection Ltd(VCL)has completed a glittering event in Cardiff,supplying specialist lighting equipment along with planning,design and programming expertise for a spectacular light and video show at the 21st British Academy Cymru ...
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Xylem Inc.has reduced the total energy consumption of four wastewater pump stations in Jefferson Parish,Louisiana by 50 percent with its new wastewater pumping system,Flygt Experior. These stations were experiencing serious clogging ...
An innovative, all-pneumatic robot hand that uses Zipper-style cable carriers in its finger joints won the "Special Design" award in the igus® vector® 2012 competition, which honored those implementing polymer cable carriers in ...
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CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition solution for a leading German manufacturer of marine diesel engines and compact turbochargers, enabling optimal levels of performance, fuel consumption, and emissions. The ...
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Laser system scans and manipulates bacterium 10 Oct 2012 Optical trap grabs and analyses even smallest unicellular organisms Freiburg:home to new optical trap.Researchers at the Department of Microsystems Engineering(IMTEK)of the ...
Italian cheesemaker consortium designated October 27 as the 'Parmigiano-Reggiano Night' in Italy. The social media campaign is the first collective "web 2.0 dinner" in history, say the organizers, who asked all the cheese fans to prepare ...
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Watersolutions AG has introduced the Watersolutions LTD system,a patented,cost-effective thermal process for seawater desalination based on the principle of low temperature distillation. "Low Temperature ...
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Loughborough-based SmartGen Ltd has revealed that it was overwhelmed by the UK industry's response to its SmartShield system. SmartShield is a long lasting glass protection suitable for PV modules that is able to increase light ...
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Poly tunnels have become a very important structure for your garden which just can't be ignored.It has come as a great alterative to greenhouse and they are easily available in a wide range of sizes so as to suit your requirements.There ...
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Illumina system used in faster genome sequencing 08 Oct 2012 A sequencing protocol using a rapid-throughput platform could help diagnose critically ill infants. Faster sequencing Investigators at Kansas City's Children's Mercy ...
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Partners from research and industry are studying the principles of next-generation cabin lighting Gradual transitions from day into night have become standard today on board of modern passenger aircraft. Bergische Universität ...
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Packaging research and consulting firm White&Company announced today the launch of Best Pallet,a stringer pallet design and analysis software tool.User-friendly and simplified for packaging professionals,buyers,and end-users,Best Pallet ...
In a new election cycle survey on clean energy,nine in 10 US adults agree that renewable energy sources,such as solar energy,should be a bigger part of America's energy supply in the future,according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on ...