Roy Morgan Research has revealed most Australians are not actually obsessed with food despite a growing cafe culture and a large number of cooking shows currently airing on TV. After breaking up the nation into segments based on ...
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While many use meal replacement shakes as a weight loss tool, how effective are they in helping us to shed the kilos? Losing weight can be really, really tough. So it’s no surprise that there’s big money to be made in weight ...
Shrink hooding, stretch wrapping and stretch hooding are emerging as the most effective palletising packaging techniques on the market, and the Beumer Group is offering solutions in these areas. Stretch hooding has been efficient in ...
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Textile Exchange (TE), a US-based international non-profit organisation committed to a more sustainable textile industry, has recently announced the release of an online tool for the textile industry that measures the environmental, ...
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The Chinese subsidiary of Haikui Seafood AG has successfully signed an agreement regarding the acquisition of land use rights with the local authorities in Dongshan, paving the way for the construction of its new production site. The ...
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Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ethical concerns. In their review ...
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In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
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Sustainable transportation involves the development of economic, environmental and social aspects. It is the broad subject related to the transport that includes vehicles, infrastructures, railways, roads, pipelines and other transport ...
Czech Republic - Showlight has always been highly regarded as one of the best networking events in the international lighting calendar, with plenty of time allowed for the social aspects of the event. This year's visit programme, featuring ...
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At Sony's PlayStation press conference in New York yesterday, it became official: the next-gen PlayStation 4 gaming console is arriving for the 2013 holiday season. Sony's event was more of a teaser than an unveiling, though: The company ...
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Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...
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Over the past years, the EU has put a lot of focus on designing legislations to increase the energy efficiency of buildings such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Now that ...
Tags: Sustainable Buildings, EPBD, EED, Glass Industry