News tagged with packs
Philip Morris challenges plain packs in Australia
Global tobacco giant Philip Morris Tuesday stepped up its legal campaign against an Australian law banning logos and branding from cigarette packs, saying it had taken its case to the High Court.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Making liquid crystals stand tall
Most liquid-crystalline displays contain rod-like molecules that quickly switch from one orientation to another when subjected to electric fields. This movement creates a shutter effect that turns light on ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Wolf hunting strategy follows simple rules
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of wolves (Canis lupus) has found that communication between pack members and a social hierarchy are not essential features of a successful hunt, and all the wolves have to do ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Strength in numbers? For wolves, maybe not
(PhysOrg.com) -- Watching a pack of wolves surround and hunt down much larger prey leaves most people with the impression that social predators live in groups because group hunting improves the odds of a kill. ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Study finds benefits of plug-in vehicles depend on battery size
Thinking about buying a new plug-in vehicle? You may want to check the size of its battery first.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Tobacco firms sue US over graphic cigarette labels
Four tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday over what they say are unconstitutional requirements for warning labels on US cigarette packaging.
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Graphic warning labels reduce demand for cigarettes
Will graphic cigarette package warning labels significantly reduce demand? A new study suggests it will.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Jet-pack man soaring above California waters
There was James Bond. There was the Rocketeer. And now there is Bob Wilson, self-described "handyman, inventor, whatever," who is inspiring awe by donning a water-powered jet pack and soaring high into the ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 23, 2011 |
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New cigarette health labels: 'Gross' or effective?
(AP) -- You may think an image of rotting teeth and a mouth lesion are gross. But the U.S. government says it's just what you need to kick the habit.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Cigarettes will carry grisly new warning labels
(AP) -- Rotting teeth and gums. Diseased lungs. A sewn-up corpse of a smoker. Cigarette smoke coming out of the tracheotomy hole in a man's neck.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Tesla Motors to raise up to $214.3M (Update)
(AP) -- Electric car upstart Tesla Motors Inc. will sell common stock again, this time with hopes of raising $214 million to expand its limited model lineup.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 26, 2011 |
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NTT Docomo's new smartphone features wireless charger
(PhysOrg.com) -- Charging your cell phone can be a hassle, mostly because you have to find your cord, and if you are anything like most people, you don't have just one charging cord lying around your house. ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 19, 2011 |
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Cigarette packaging needs to change, study says
The messages that cigarette pack labels convey to smokers and nonsmokers have been evaluated by Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers in three studies published in the June 2011 issue of the American Journal of ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Seagate portable storage goes wireless (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seagate's GoFlex Satellite is the first portable hard drive, with integrated Wi-Fi and battery pack, that lets you stream 500 GB directly to any mobile or Wi-Fi equipped device without using ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2011 |
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GPS study shows wolves more reliant on a cattle diet
Cattle ranchers in southwestern Alberta have suspected it for a long time and now, GPS tracking equipment confirms it: wolf packs in the area are making cow meat a substantial part of their diets.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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