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Organic LEDs have many uses

Jan. 9, 2009
Organic light-emitting diodes are still relatively new, but their future is bright - literally. Sony is big into OLED. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company is exhibiting a prototype that is just under a millimeter thick along with...
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Science closer to organic spin transistor

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Organic food market feels price pressures

NEW YORK, April 18 (UPI) -- Rising prices are putting the squeeze on both sides of the organic food market -- prices of items and production costs, various sources said.

Macy's Frango mints go organic

NEW YORK, March 25 (UPI) -- Macy's Inc. of New York has announced plans to sell an organic line of its popular Frango mint chocolates at 70 of its stores.

Maryland gets grants for organic farms

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The organic farming industry in Maryland will get some help in the form of two grants allotted by the state from a federal agency.

Feds may relax standards for organic foods

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Next generation of LEDs developed

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 20 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists are experimenting with polymers and organic molecules in projects designed to create more efficient light-emitting diodes.

Organic farming goes to college

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The University of Florida in Gainesville has become one of the first U.S. schools to offer a major in organic farming.

AMA gift baskets go organic

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SunOpta buys stake in Organic Ingredients

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Organic snacks in big supermarket push

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler