Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest manufacturers of toilet seats replaces metal hinges with two-material versions (a stiff grade of PP and a flexible thermoplastic elastomer); according to Bemis, the process replaces eight individual parts with just one. Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest...

Although the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are in charge of regulating GMOs nationally, there are currently no comprehensive rules regulating these crops. Unfortunately, you have no way of knowing if you are consuming products with warped DNA ingredients because the government treats these genetically engineered (GE) foods the same as any ordinary squash or potato. Although the United...

Some manufacturers and retailers, responding to complaints that Chinese-made treats were making dogs sick, are developing feeding instructions tailored to an animal's weight, similar to what is required on pet foods designed to be a primary nutrition source. Some manufacturers and retailers, responding to complaints that Chinese-made treats were making dogs sick, are developing feeding instructions tailored to an animal's weight, similar to what is required on pet foods designed to be a...

The company is shipping Pennington Wild Bird Feed as well protective brands of Wild Bird Seed on CHEP pallets from its Madison, Georgia; Greenfield, Missouri; and Sidney, Nebraska plants to supermarkets, mass merchants, club stores, DIY centers, and garden centers across the country. The company is shipping Pennington Wild Bird Feed as well protective brands of Wild Bird Seed on CHEP pallets from its Madison, Georgia; Greenfield, Missouri; and Sidney, Nebraska plants to supermarkets, mass...

And if we can do that, we are (taking) another step (toward the) survival of agriculture. The land is perfect for wheat, beans and alfalfa; but it s not flat, and he s always looking for ways to cut corners and squeeze every bit of profit he can off the land. He loads the plane into his pickup, assembles the drone, hooks up the GPS, auto-pilot and camera, and with a running toss the aircraft, takes to the blue skies above the Clearwater River. The drone meticulously maps every foot of the...

When foraging on lodgepole pine cones in the Rocky Mountains, they forage most heavily in trees that have cones with a narrow base (making them easy to detach from the branch), relatively thin basal cone scales (which don't hold many seeds but are easy to take off so the squirrel can get at the seeds toward the tip of the cone) and lots of seeds (providing lots of calories per harvested cone) Previous essays in this space have dealt with both red squirrels and crossbills, but there is...