Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting the "Advancing Sustainable Ports" summit to mark the kickoff of a new EPA initiative to recognize ports that take action to improve environmental performance. EPA will also ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Energy
The first-ever Spring/Summer 2014/2015 edition of Taipei IN Style (TIS), an all-in-one trade fair that aims to promote the Taiwanese fashion and textile industries, is set to take place from April 17 to 19, 2014, in Taipei. Aiming to ...
Tags: fashion industries, textile industries, fashion brands
In another first for South African retail, Woolworths is inviting South Africans – women and men – to become part of a national sizing survey. Themed ‘find your perfect fit’, the aim of this survey is to ensure that ...
Tags: Woolworths, Clothes, national sizing survey
The Colombian city of Medellin is all geared up to host the 25th edition of one of the most important trade fairs for the Colombian apparel sector, the Colombiamoda fair, which is scheduled to be held from July 22 to 24, 2014. Organized ...
Web surfing through the Internet's main gateway now looks slightly different on personal computers, thanks to a few cosmetic changes to Google's search engine this week. The tweaks to the way Google's search results appear on desktop and ...
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Visits to national parks declined by 9.1 million, or 3.3 percent, in 2013 compared with 2012, due in large part to the government shutdown that took place during the first 16 days of October, according to a report released by the National ...
National and international businesses will find out how the University of Sheffield's world-class scientists and state-of-the-art facilities can take their research and development to the next level during a free networking event on ...
Semiconductor maker Entropic has teamed with Netgear to introduce what they call "the first MoCA 2.0 certified product on the market" – the Netgear WM2500RP MoCA-to-Wi-Fi extender. Available now through service providers, the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductor
From the organizers of the world’s largest trade expo for children, baby and maternity products – CBME China -- comes a new trade event focused on children fashion, Cool Kids Fashion. UBM China launches Cool Kids Fashion on ...
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With all the buzz around the Internet of Things,it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the electricity grid already operates with millions of connected meters and sensors.Yet writing applications for these programmable machines is too ...
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High school students who were at risk for dropping out greatly improved their math test scores and school attendance with the help of intensive tutoring and mentoring, according to a new study by the University of Chicago Urban Education ...
Tags: CPS, educational strategies, NBER, education policy
A so-called implantable insulin delivery device could one day free people with type 1 diabetes from the need for multiple daily injections, scientists say. "Diabetes is a difficult-to-treat condition, and yet keeping in very good balance ...
Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and Telstra Global, which supplies managed ...
Tags: Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, Transport Network, RNAL, DTN-X platform
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced that as part of its turnaround efforts, the Company will be closing 33 underperforming stores across the country in order to focus its resources on the Company's highest potential growth opportunities. ...
Tags: J.C.Penney, Gateway II, Myron E.(Mike)Ullman, Brooklyn, N.Y
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a new GATEWAY report entitled Pedestrian Friendly Outdoor Lighting. Recognizing that pedestrian lighting has different criteria for success than street and area lighting, GATEWAY followed ...
Tags: DOE, outdoor lighting, GATEWAY Report, pedestrian lighting