WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1661) on Aug. 13, 2024, entitled "Producer Price Indexes - July 2024": * * * The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 0.2 percent in June and were unchanged in May. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand advanc  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1664) on Aug. 15, 2024, entitled "U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes - July 2024": * * * Prices for U.S. imports ticked up 0.1 percent in July, after being unchanged the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Higher nonfuel and fuel prices each contributed to the July advance. U.S. export prices increased 0.7 percent in July following  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 13 -- Food and Function, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it provides a unique venue for physicists, chemists, biochemists, nutritionists and other food scientists to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 16): Review Article * A review of the biological activities of lactoferrin: mechanisms and potent  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: Based on August 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 150.40 million bushels, according to the August 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 21 percent from last year's 123.83-million-bushel   more

RIVERSIDE, California, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Lowering healthcare costs by relying less on electronics * * * A new, air-powered computer sets off alarms when certain medical devices fail. The invention is a more reliable and lower-cost way to help prevent blood clots and strokes -- all without electronic sensors. Described in a paper in the journal Device, the computer not only runs on air, but also uses air to issu  more