The Cancer Council and the National Heart Foundation have released a report claiming Victorian fast food chains do not provide sufficient nutritional information. In the “Investigation into kilojoule menu labelling in Victorian ...
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Low market demands in the past few months has driven Taiwanese LED manufacturer Harvatek to explore innovative LED technologies including forming a partnership that includes teaming up with Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) to ...
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The firm aims to introduce a new line of female heads and torsos to its existing line of customizable HeroMe Action Figures. HeroMe, the platform that lets kids create their own superhero action figures, is launching a national ...
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., a division of Amer Sports Corporation, and Louisville Slugger, a division of Hillerich & Bradsby, Co., (H&B), announced that Wilson has acquired global brand, sales and innovation rights to Louisville Slugger from ...
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Swedish fashion retailer Lindex said it has banned the use of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in all the garments they sell. The fashion retailer has been phasing out PFCs since 2012 as a part of its efforts to reduce the use of hazardous ...
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Germany based, Lidl, the world's second largest discount supermarket retail chain made a commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its textile value chain by January 1, 2020. Lidl alone sells over €1 billion worth of ...
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An FDA news release has announced that the agency has given de novo approval to the Deka Arm System, the first prosthetic arm that can perform multiple, simultaneous powered movements controlled by electrical signals from electromyogram ...
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The Adidas Group published its 2013 Sustainability Progress Report, an annual overview of achievements and challenges as well as a progress update on its 2015 sustainability targets. As part of the report, the Adidas Group announced that ...
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adidas announced a long term partnership with Oscar nominated, Grammy Award winning super star Pharrell Williams. The first adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams products will debut in the Summer of 2014. This is also the first time ...
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There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis. A new study by Berkeley Lab researchers at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) shows that nearly 90-percent of the ...
A UT Arlington engineering professor has proven that the effect of mass is important, can be measured and has a significant impact on any calculations and measurements at the sub-micrometer scale. The findings help to better understand ...
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As part of the international DETOX campaign, the environmental organisation Greenpeace released the new report “Chemistry For Any Weather – Part II” mid of December 2013. For this purpose, Greenpeace commissioned two ...
The total market value for electric unmanned aerial vehicles will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023. This report includes hybrid and ...
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Posted in Implantable devices by Chris Newmarker on November 26, 2013 Investors apparently see promise in retinal implant systems and their potential to make the blind see again. Pixium Vision—a 2-year-old French company ...
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For many suffering from blindness, the perfect Christmas gift has arrived. Next month, the Argus II Retinal Prothesis System by Second Sight is slated to go on sale in the United States. The Argus II by Second Sight can restore sight for ...
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