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Scientists create cell assembly line
Borrowing a page from modern manufacturing, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have built a microscopic assembly line that mass produces synthetic cell-like compartments.
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Building blocks of the future
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Varinder Aggarwal is no ordinary builder. He and his team in the School of Chemistry have just discovered a new technique that could hasten the development of new drugs for today’s ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Robots speed up path to discovery
The work force at Lake Nona's Sanford-Burnham Institute includes 90 scientific staffers, 60 administrators and support personnel -- and a team of three robots. The trio is part of a $15 million investment from the National ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff
(AP) -- Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Chemists create novel DNA assembly line
Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have created a DNA assembly line that has the potential to create novel materials efficiently on the nanoscale. Their work is reported in the latest issue of ...
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May 12, 2010 |
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Foxconn worker dies in China; 10th in a year
(AP) -- A Chinese employee of Foxconn Technology Group fell from a building and died Tuesday, state-run media said, in the 10th such death this year at the world's largest contract maker of electronics, such ...
May 25, 2010 |
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iPhone-maker rallies workers after China suicides
(AP) -- Young workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally to raise ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Inside a plant's pharma factory
A newly discovered enzyme brings scientists one step closer to understanding how plants manufacture a molecule with potent medicinal properties.
Mar 30, 2012 |
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US radio episode about Apple factory abuse retracted
A popular US radio program on Friday retracted a story about harsh working conditions at factories that make Apple products in China, saying it contained "significant fabrications."
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Software development gets a better production line
(PhysOrg.com) -- Work by European researchers means that software is about to get the assembly line treatment. It offers a powerful new paradigm for software development.
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Foxconn to give Chinese workers another pay raise
(AP) -- Foxconn workers in China will get another pay raise in coming months, on top of an increase that just took effect in response to recent worker suicides, the company said Sunday.
Jun 06, 2010 |
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Lasers take the lead
Conserving energy is a top priority for auto manufacturers today. Laser technology can help. Lasers can be used to process thin light-weight components made of fiber-composite materials, as well as to manufacture ...
May 13, 2011 |
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Foxconn shuts India plant after 250 workers hospitalised
Taiwan's troubled IT giant Foxconn has suspended operations at a factory in India after 250 workers were hospitalised in an incident thought to be linked to spraying of pesticide.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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