It's estimated that more than half of U.S. energy --- from vehicles and heavy equipment, for instance --- is wasted as heat. Mostly, this waste heat simply escapes into the air. But that's beginning to change, thanks to thermoelectric innovators such as MIT's Gang Chen.
You don't need a microscope to see how science wove itself into the fabric of New York's Fashion Week, which ended on Thursday. In fact, it seems that many designers may have gone to engineering school or at least took an internship at a lab. They've been influenced by everything from 3D printing and hydrophobic materials to protein structures and fracture mechanics.
CHICAGO --- GE Antares, a unit of GE Capital, announced today it is serving as administrative agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Uintah Engineering & Land Surveying by Norwest Equity Partners. GE Capital Markets served as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner on this facility.
CHICAGO - The recreational vehicle (RV) industry continues to experience strong and steady growth, according to performance data from GE Capital, Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF), a major provider of financing to the industry. Early headwinds this year including the unusually cold weather that impacted manufacturing and transportation issues that slowed down shipments haven't derailed the positive trajectory of the industry.
As Canada's most easterly province, Newfoundland and Labrador faces a unique set of challenges in providing care for its geographically dispersed population.
September 11, 2014 (St. John's, NL): The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (the Centre) has partnered with GE Healthcare to install a province-wide Telepathology Network. The $2.5 million Telepathology Network, jointly funded by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada Health Infoway, will give patients and pathologists across the province greater access to pathology services and support.
For an economist whose job it is to measure countries' success (or otherwise) in laying the foundations for long-term prosperity, the concept of green shoots for me takes on a different meaning to those most often reported in the press as harbingers of better times.
