Calyxt Signs Agreement With KemX Global To Refine Its High-Oleic Soybean Oil

OLEIC SOYBEAN OIL Oct. 9, 2018 Source: Calyxt news release Calyxt, Inc. , a consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company, announced today that the Company has inked an agreement with KemX Global, a leading provider of innovative organic processing of oils, to refine Calyxt's high-oleic soybean oil - an advancement that will allow Calyxt to produce food-grade high-oleic soybean oil as the Company's first product that is expected to hit the market in late 2018/ early 2019. "This agreement is another important step in scaling up Calyxt's supply chain, leading up to the commercialization of our high-oleic soybean oil," said Manoj Sahoo, Calyxt's Chief Commercial Officer.

New Air Traffic Control Tower Dedicated In Sarasota, Florida

The FAA, Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority , and Florida Department of Transportation have dedicated the new Air Traffic Control Tower at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport . The 128 foot-tall tower is a significant investment in the nation's airport infrastructure and enhances air traffic controllers' ability to provide the safest, most efficient service to flights at the busy Florida airport, the FAA said in a news release.

Great Lakes Graphite Pursues US Department of Defense Opportunities

Great Lakes Graphite Inc., doing business as NovoCarbon Corporation, today announces that the Company is pursuing graphite-related business opportunities from the US Department of Defense. The Defense Logistics Agency is the procurement are of the US Department of Defense and has been tasked with addressing a requirement to strengthen the supply chains for a number of critical minerals, including graphite.

RedPort Global Unveils New Satellite Device

A new satellite device that combines the Inmarsat Fleet Xpress Network Service Device with the RedPort Optimizer Enterprise satellite router and VoIP gateway was launched by RedPort Global. The single rackmount appliance will manage ship networks with satellite broadband routing, VoIP connectivity and crew services, and replaces at least three pieces of hardware that were previously required for Fleet Xpress installations.

Hemp gains powerful ally to free it from marijuana ties

In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo, hemp plants tower above researchers who tend to them at a research farm in Lexington, Ky. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday, March 26, 2018, he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates it with marijuana, its illicit cousin.

Tech backlash: a Maybe Silicon Valley needs to be taken down to sizea

Demonstrators at a rally Saturday in opposition to white supremacists and the postponed right-wing "March on Google" protest of James Damore's firing that was originally planned the same day. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful land filled with bright minds and gleaming prospects.

Cornell receives $35M to support cassava development for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Cassava is vital to the food security of millions of Africans who eat some form of the root crop daily. Although cassava breeders are making progress, they still face significant challenges in developing disease-resistant varieties that also increase overall yield and respond to the needs of smallholder farmers and processors.

Regional Grape Program welcomes new specialist to its staff

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County's Lake Erie Regional Grape Program is pleased to announce the addition of Jackie Dresser as the viticulture extension specialist. Dresser is the newest member of a four-person extension team, which assists area grape growers with the implementation of research-based information, in the areas of Integrated Pest Management , Business Management and Viticultural Production Practices in their vineyard operations.

One senator is probing Apple for more information on iPhone throttling issues

When it was discovered that iOS developers had quietly added a feature to the operating system that throttled processors in older phones with degraded batteries, the public was irate. In fact, people seemed more angry about the slowing down than about the phones that were unexpectedly shutting down which is what prompted the software modification in the first place.

Puerto Rico sets 90-day target for review of hurricane deaths

Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation - WASHINGTON - President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether Ryan backed Nunes in spat with Justice Dept.

Trump, GOP leaders to discuss 2018 election at Camp David Friday

Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon - President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon - Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.

Mattel baby monitor listens, raises child-privacy concerns

Toymaker Mattel has announced plans to sell a nursery gadget that will listen to infants and watch over them, record their sleep patterns, and even play a lullaby should they awaken. Skeptics are asking if the device, similar to Amazon.com's Echo with its Alexa voice assistant, will violate children's privacy and deepen a trend of surrendering intimate human connections to technology that talks and listens.

The Twitter bot turning Trump tweets into White House statements

Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting a Sunday night fundraiser for Ford's Theater, the venue where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. It's easy to dismiss Trumps Twitter ramblings as just that, but when you read them in the format of a White House press release, they sound way more serious, yet simultaneously more ridiculous.

Tech luminaries we lost in 2016

In 2016, the world got a little bit smaller as we said goodbye to many of the tech industry's founders. Yet those innovators left behind legacies and technology that brought us all closer - whether it's the Internet we use daily, digital artwork that inspires us or a futuristic vision we still strive to realize.