je.st
news
Tag: class
US insurer class action may signal wave of climate-change suits
2014-05-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A major insurance company is accusing dozens of localities in Illinois of failing to prepare for severe rains and flooding in lawsuits that are the first in what could be a wave of litigation over who should be liable for the possible costs of climate change. Farmers Insurance filed nine class actions last month against nearly 200 communities in the Chicago area. It is arguing that local governments should have known rising global temperatures would lead to heavier rains and did not do enough...
Tags: action
class
signal
wave
IBM discovers new class of ultra-tough, self-healing, recyclable plastics that could redefine almost every industry
2014-05-16 18:18:53| Extremetech
Stop the press! IBM Research announced this morning that it has discovered a whole new class of... plastics. This might not sound quite as sexy as, say, MIT discovering a whole new state of matter -- but wait until you hear what these new plastics can do. This new class of plastics -- or more accurately, polymers -- are stronger than bone, have the ability to self-heal, are light-weight, and are 100% recyclable. The number of potential uses, spanning industries as disparate as aerospace and semiconductors, is dizzying. A new class of polymers hasn't been discovered in over 20 years -- and, in a rather novel twist, they weren't discovered by chemists: they were discovered by IBM's supercomputers.
Tags: every
class
industry
ibm
IBM Research discovers new class of industrial polymers; cheaper, lighter, stronger and recyclable thermosets for aerospace, automotive and others
2014-05-16 12:30:19| Green Car Congress
Tags: research
class
others
industrial
CBA facing $200m class action
2014-05-16 02:45:41| Automakers - Topix.net
"At no stage did the CBA, or anyone else, advise them that they were dealing with anyone other than CBA."
Tags: action
class
facing
200m
ABS to class Malaysias Petronas Moss-type LNG carriers
2014-05-16 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has selected ABS to class its two new Moss-type LNG carriers, which are to be built in Korea.
Sites : [159] [160] [161] [162] [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168] [169] [170] [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] next »