India's capital widens ban on plastic bags
The Delhi government imposed a blanket ban on the use of all plastic bags on Friday in an attempt to tackle the city's mounting rubbish problems, an official said.
The Delhi government imposed a blanket ban on the use of all plastic bags on Friday in an attempt to tackle the city's mounting rubbish problems, an official said.
Environment
Nov 23, 2012
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new packaging technology that enables the development of millimeter-wave power amplifiers that can be employed in applications such as automotive radar and wireless ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 29, 2012
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(AP)—Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is mining her old advertising connections at Google to help her tackle the challenges facing her in her new job.
Business
Oct 15, 2012
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Environmental problems, such as depleting natural resources, highlight the need to establish a renewable chemical industry. Metabolic engineering enhances the production of chemicals made by microbes in so-called "cell factories". ...
Biotechnology
Oct 8, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Many researchers have reported improvements in LED technology by enhancing the properties of the LED itself. But the packaging that secures and protects the LED also impacts its overall performance. In a new ...
Researchers have developed new software that can rapidly calculate the carbon footprints of thousands of products simultaneously, a process that up to now has been time consuming and expensive. The methodology should help ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2012
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With cyanobacteria, carbon dioxide and sunlight, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers aims to create a sustainable alternative source of commodity chemicals currently derived from an ever-decreasing supply ...
Materials Science
Aug 24, 2012
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Using just an upgraded desktop computer equipped with a relatively inexpensive graphics processing card, a team of computer scientists and biochemists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed advanced GPU ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 6, 2012
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Zinc oxide would be the perfect sunscreen ingredient if the resulting product didn't look quite so silly. Thick, white and pasty, it was once seen mostly on lifeguards, surfers and others who needed serious sun protection.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 11, 2012
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The next "next-gen" technology in genome sequencing has gotten a major boost.
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2012
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