Niagara based Vineland Growers Co-operative has opened doors of a newly expanded warehouse and storage distribution centre in Canada. Located at Virgil, the facility has been expanded to 30,000sqft and features a dozen new shipping bays ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany is launching two LEDs in true green and one version in hyper red as additions to the PointLED and Firefly families for mobile applications such as fitness tracking and health monitoring. ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has expanded its portfolio of optical sensors for the optical measurement of pulse rates and the oxygen saturation level of blood. Offering what is claimed to be excellent signal ...
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Linde Gases has introduced a new technology to improve the delivery of oxygen into fish farming sea cages. The new system, Solvox DropIn, has been designed for sea cages with unhealthy water conditions due to poor oxygen levels or which ...
Teddy the Guardian can read a child's heart rate, oxygen levels and body temperature. Teddy the Guardian, a smart teddy bear created by London based, award-winning startup ID Guardian, has debuted at CES 2015. The Teddy features sensors ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will upgrade its sewer collection and treatment system over the next 12 years to reduce ...
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Israeli producer of specialised nylon 6.6 yarn, Nilit says fabric made from its Innergy yarn has been found to have greater radiation absorption then fabric made from conventional yarns. According to Nilit, the study proved that when ...
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The Phone Oximeter is a smartphone app developed by two British Columbia scientists as an affordable solution for the measurement of oxygen levels in the blood, an important early warning sign for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, and for ...
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US-based Hologenix has unveiled – Celliant, a revolutionary, patented technology that, through the use of fibers, converts the body’s natural energy (heat) into infrared (IR) light and emits it into the body’s tissue and ...
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Smartphone-based health-monitoring devices are a quickly growing segment, as evidenced by a novel device that converts a mobile device or laptop into a medical-grade pulse oximeter. The device, which was covered by Qmed's sister publication ...
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The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated the earth's oceans – contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development. New research led by the University of Exeter contests the long held ...
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One of science's strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere rose to close to modern levels. But now studies of a small sea sponge fished out of a Danish fjord shows that complex ...
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All but a few eukaryotes die without oxygen, and they respond dynamically to changes in the level of oxygen available to them. UCD scientists used genetic analysis to pinpoint an evolutionary switch in regulating response to low oxygen ...
Retailer Asda has selected new extended shelf-life film of Ultimate Packaging to pack its Extra Special Cornish Crystal Potatoes. According to Ultimate Packaging, Viridiflex film draws moisture away from fresh produce, and creates an ...
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Mining is a robust industry that plays a key role in a nation's economy. Large multi-national companies dominate the industry but small enterprises and individual entrepreneurs are also keen on taking a slice of the market pie. Small or ...