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Legal requirements for workers changed in 2020 and understanding the difference between employees, contractors and outsourcing is the focus of an online seminar from the Paris Small Business Development Center schedule for 10:30 a.m. Jan. 20. The seminar will be led by Tisha Dodge, of the law firm Dodge Legal Group, SPC. The firm is believed to be the first Texas social purpose corporate law firm in the state. It provides legal services to social enterprises, start-ups, established businesses a...

As the brain plans movements, the middle frontal gyrus is listening A brain-computer interface study reveals one brain region’s surprising role in planning movements exclusively in response to sounds. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In the swimming pool game Marco Polo, “Marco” navigates toward other players with eyes closed, responding only to hearing the other players say “Polo.” Success depends on the ability to move one’s body in response to sound cues alone, and a new s...

BASF opens ASEAN Technical Development Center in Thailand The new facility houses a state-of-the-art pre-polymer reactor technology to enable faster time-to-market for PU materials and solutions. January 12, 2021   Canadian Plastics The new facility is designed to boost BASF’s efficiency and ability to offer customized PU System products. Photo Credit: BASF Germany-based chemical giant BASF has opened its ASEAN Technical Development Center adjacent to its existing po...

A collaboration between the Department of Science and Technology - Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) and the Korea Association of Machinery Industry (KOAMI) is in the works to set up a Mold Technology Support Center (MTSC).

The science behind all that create a routine advice Michelle Z. Donahue © Photograph by kate_sept2004 / Getty Images None In Tennessee, Kellee Inskeep helped her second-grade distance learner stay on track with colorful paper schedules posted around the house and a morning family meeting. In Spokane, Washington, Holly Cartmell says her three children always look forward to “virtual travel Tuesdays” to different parts of the world. And though the Piper family of Colorado g...

$9M to LSU to help Army ready for flooding The U.S. military has awarded Louisiana State University $9.3 million to help the military prepare to deal with climate-related problems such as flooding and rising seas, the university said in a news release. The money will be given out over the next four years and is part of a collaboration between LSU, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory and the University of Delaware, the university said. The military...

China Daily Global / 2021-01 / 11 / Page008 Chinas International Development Cooperation in the New Era China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-11 00:00 Editors Note: Chinas State Council Information Office issued a white paper titled "Chinas International Development Cooperation in the New Era", on Sunday. Full text below: Preface II.Achieving New Progress in International Development Cooperation III.Boosting Internat...

IHS Markit buys Israeli software co Cappitech The Herzliya-based company has developed technology for regulatory reporting of capital market financing deals. International data provider IHS Markit (NYSE:INFO) announced today that it has acquired Israeli software company Cappitech. The Herzliya based company provides technology for regulatory reports to global financial institutions. No financial details about the deal were disclosed. Cappitech was founded on the base of the development center o...

Date Time Researchers Find Nonnative Species in Oahu Play Greater Role in Seed Dispersal Networks Corey Tarwater (right), an assistant professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, and Becky Wilcox, a UW Ph.D. student at the time of the research from Napa, Calif., set up automated radio telemetry units to track birds in Oahu, Hawaii. Tarwater and members of her research team headed research on how nonnative species play a greater role in seed dispersal networks there than native spe...

By Staff With a new federal funding award of $4.8 million, the University of Maine said last week it will step up research into the use of forest waste materials for renewable fuel, heating oil and biologically derived products. The funding from the Defense Logistics Agency will allow the UMaine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute to upgrade its facilities, and to support ongoing investigations, according to a news release. The center plans to begin adding and expanding its infr...