Consumer stockpiling and hoarding took center stage in recent months as the COVID-19 virus has spread around the world, and with it, panic buying on the part of millions. News broadcasts and social media feeds have been filled ...
Economics & Business
Apr 3, 2020
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An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents.
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2020
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Canadians spend a lot of money around this time of year, on gifts, food, entertainment and travel. In its annual study of holiday season spending habits, the accounting firm PwC estimates that the average Canadian consumer ...
Economics & Business
Dec 5, 2019
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Concerns over plastic in the ocean are growing in recent years. About 2.41 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year, including approximately 15,000 plastic bags per day. However, most of the plastic waste ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2019
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Retail colossus Walmart on Tuesday began offering free next-day deliveries of online purchases, aiming to counter rival Amazon in the race to get orders to consumer doorsteps.
Business
May 14, 2019
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The jeans you wear, the orange juice you drink, the laundry detergent you use: None would be possible without the activity of enzymes. Currently the enzymes used in industry are produced through an expensive, laborious process, ...
Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2019
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Amazon's rise is forcing laundry detergents to shrink.
Business
Dec 27, 2018
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From liquid laundry detergent packaged in cardboard to compostable plastic cups, consumer products these days are increasingly touting their sustainable and renewable origins.
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2018
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Two oxygen-producing compounds - including one that boosts performance in some laundry detergents - might one day play a key role in helping scientists successfully build a bioartificial pancreas in the lab to cure type 1 ...
Biochemistry
Nov 16, 2017
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Amazon is planning to expand the store-brand items it sells to new categories including food and household products, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Business
May 16, 2016
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