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Climate change makes salamanders shrink, scientists say
2014-03-27 00:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Apparently now you can measure climate change in terms of salamander size. A warmer and drier climate is causing wild Appalachian salamanders to shrink, according to a new paper titled "Widespread rapid reductions in body size of adult salamanders in response to climate change" published March 25 in the journal Global Change Biology. It all started in 1980s, when University of Maryland herpetologist Richard Highton noticed a decrease in the population of salamanders within the Appalachian Mountains....
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Annuity market 'to shrink by 9bn'
2014-03-26 14:26:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The annuities market will shrink to a quarter of its current size owing to the shake-up of the pensions system, the boss of one of the UK's largest insurance companies says.
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US: J Crew Q4 profit slumps as margins shrink
2014-03-25 14:52:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Fashion retailer J Crew Group posted a slump in fourth quarter profit thanks to shrinking margins, which fell to 36.8% from 38.4% 12 months earlier.
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Shrink Wrap Used to Enhance Detection of Infectious Disease Biomarkers
2014-03-20 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
A new nanotechnology method—employing common, everyday shrink wrap—may make highly sensitive, low-cost diagnosis of infectious disease agents possible. Described in paper co-authored by Michelle Khine, a biomedical engineering professor at the University of California, Irvine, and published in The Optical Society's journal Optical Materials Express, technique offers way to significantly boost signal of fluorescent markers used in biosensing, by depositing combination of metals onto shrink wrap. ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Shrink Wrap Used to Cover Mansion Roof
2014-03-17 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Mellon Certified Restoration Turns to Mr. ShrinkWrap for Weather Protection<br /> <br /> Buckingham, PA – Shrink technicians from Mr. ShrinkWrap completed installation of a partial roof cover to the fire-damaged sections of a Georgian-style mansion roof in Buckingham on Christmas Eve afternoon.<br /> <br /> Using 80 and 60 foot man lifts, the shrink technicians were able to secure the film to more than 70% of the mansion's roof, covering more than 1500 square feet. Waterproof heat shrink ...This story is related to the following:Materials and Material Processing Sponsored by: EXAIR Corporation - Category Sponsor March14Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of: Shrink Film | Roofing Materials |
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