Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene is making architectural headlines again, this time in the design of a proposed new US Embassy in London. The Los Angeles Times’ Culture Monster blog had a nice review of the design this week. Here’s what blogger Christopher…
PET recycling is getting a lot of media attention today, thanks to Nike’s decision to use recycled polyester to make the soccer uniform shirts for all nine Nike-sponsored teams in the 2010 World Cup. Teams from Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal,…
While factories in China’s manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta continue to suffer labor shortage, especially after the Chinese New Year, most companies are not willing to raise wages to attract workers.
A recent survey by the local labor department in Shenzhen’s Longgang district reveals that only 15 percent of the 103 surveyed firms plan to give very modest raises. Most of the surveyed companies are plastics and electronic manufacturers, according to a report from Nanfang Daily.
These companies believe that the main reason for the latest labor shortage is limited supply of migrant workers. About 70 percent of these companies said their current headcount is lower than a year ago.
Based on published data, the average monthly wage in Shenzhen was 1,600 yuan (US$234) in 2007 and 1,800 yuan (US$264) in both 2008 and 2009 — overtime pay included. In other words, wages increased 12.5 percent in 2008 but became stagnant in 2009.
With effect from 27th February, 2010 Reliance Industries has announced following price changes :
PVC, LLDPE, HDPE, LDPE prices rise by Rs. 2.00
No change in Polypropylene prices.
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The Union Budget 2010-11 brought some cheers to the Indian markets that, over the past few days, were shrouded with concerns regarding the government’s stimulus withdrawal.
The Finance Minister has changed the direct tax slabs for men, women and se……
Marine reserves are increasingly important for species that are being forced by climate change to move to a new home, adapt to new conditions or die. Biologists have now compared the relative benefits of large and small protected areas in perpetuating populations. Interestingly they have also found a coral species that has developed the “skills” to cope with rising temperatures.
Researchers hope they have begun paving a new pathway in the fight against drug dependence. Their hypothesis — that increasing the normally occurring process of making nerve cells might prevent addiction — is based on a rodent study demonstrating that blocking new growth of specific brain nerve cells increases vulnerability for cocaine addiction and relapse.
Combining tamoxifen, the world’s most prescribed breast cancer agent, with a compound found in the flowering plant feverfew may prevent initial or future resistance to the drug, say researchers. The finding provides new insight into the biological roots of that resistance, and also tests a novel way to get around it.
Researchers created a computer modeling of the structural malfunctioning of the ApoE4 protein when it enters into contact with the amyloid beta molecule, the main cause of Alzheimer’s disease. The research supports experimental evidence that links ApoE4 with this pathology and opens up new exploration possibilities in understanding and fighting against the disease.
Armies of networked computers that have been compromised by malicious software are commonly known as Botnets. Such Botnets are usually used to carry out fraudulent and criminal activity on the Internet. Now US computer scientists reveal that the honeypot trap designed to protect computers from Botnets are now vulnerable to attack because of advances in Botnet malware.