In Bentonville, Arkansas, there’s a building where delicious things are happening. It’s the Culinary & Innovation Center — just opened in June — where Walmart’s private brands team is developing new items, ...
Nearly 60 percent of the real estate agents polled said they are seeing more smart home features in listing descriptions than they did two to five years ago. Everyone is talking about the connected home. Smart home technology is becoming ...
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Spanish research institute Aimplas has developed a new method to produce polylactic acid (PLA), as part of the European project InnoREX. The institute has used an extruder as a reactor to produce PLA from lactide without using metallic ...
By optimizing the material growth and manufacturing process, researchers at the China Academy of Engineering Physics' Research Center of Laser Fusion and the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing have nearly ...
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Washington State University researcher Shyam Sablani has received a $450,000 grant to develop plastic packaging that will extend the shelf life of prepared food up to five years. The packaging would be used for commercial purposes, ...
NASA released radar images of a large asteroid that made a relatively close approach to Earth on Saturday. Scientists said the flyby provided one of the best opportunities in years to gather data about a passing space rock. NASA Jet ...
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For high temperature applications, Wipak has developed a plastic composite which offers ideal product protection. New: WALOX is a transparent alternative to compo-sites based on polyester, laminated with aluminium oxide (AlOx) or silicon ...
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PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cuming Microwave Corporation based in Avon, Massachusetts, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Cuming-Lehman Chambers, Inc., based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Financial ...
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You can use your microwave for a lot more than making popcorn and reheating leftovers. It drastically cuts cooking time on things like veggies, fish, and shellfish. Baked potatoes can be zapped in the microwave and finished in the oven. ...
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RoHS directive to exclude the contents of the original February 12, 2003 e Applications of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1) 1. Mercury in compact fluorescent ...
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Panasonic has today announced its latest two-level baking, grilling, roasting and toasting convection microwave. The versatile cooking options empower health-conscious, time-poor consumers to cook quick, easy and healthy meals, a desire ...
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Using an inexpensive inkjet printer, University of Utah electrical engineers produced microscopic structures that use light in metals to carry information. This new technique, which controls electrical conductivity within such ...
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Omega Appliances has launched a new website to assist consumers in finding the right product for them and then to direct them to their nearest retailer for purchase. Located atomegaappliances.com.au, the site showcases the brand's ...
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Two teams, both in Singapore have created two different types of thermal cloaking devices. In their papers, both published in Physical Review Letters, the teams describe how they went about creating their devices and offer suggestions as to ...
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University of Leeds researchers have taken the lead in the race to build the world's most powerful terahertz laser chip. A paper in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) journal Electronics Letters reports that the Leeds ...