Author: Science News

  • Illinois City Increases Recycling Rate Through Single-Stream Recycling

    Illinois City Increases Recycling Rate Through Single-Stream Recycling

    For years, recycling services have been considered an important way for communities to prevent negative consequences from affecting their local environment. After all, the sheer amount of waste that is created by modern society is surprisingly large: studies show that the average person generates four pounds of trash every day, creating 1.5 tons of solid…

  • If A User Can’t Navigate Your Website, It’s Your Problem

    If A User Can’t Navigate Your Website, It’s Your Problem

    Good internet marketing design puts user preference above all. If your user has an easy time with your content, you have done a large part of your job. Steve Krug goes so far as to say that the first law of usibility is that users should not have to think! It webpages aren’t intuitive, there…

  • 4 OSHA Standards to Promote Work Safety

    4 OSHA Standards to Promote Work Safety

    Construction sites, shipyards and general industry workplaces are great places to work. However, there are also many risk associated with working at them. Without the proper equipment and training, employees are at risk for serious injury or even death. It’s incredibly important to understand the equipment that you will be working with and also to…

  • Construction That is Efficient, Economical and Eco-Friendly

    Construction That is Efficient, Economical and Eco-Friendly

    When people think of the word “construction,” many people may think of a slow-moving, expensive and environmentally harmful process. However, there have huge strides made within commercial and residential construction that has made the process much more efficient, economical and environmentally friendly. Improved Efficiency within Commercial and Residential Construction Commercial construction contractors have begun implementing…

  • How to Focus Your Search for a Sales Job

    How to Focus Your Search for a Sales Job

    Searching for sales career opportunities can be exhausting, especially if you go it alone instead of applying to sales recruitment firms. You’ll have to scroll through endless job postings on different websites and go through dozens of bad apples before you find a sales job that fits you, and even then, you might not be…

  • Relocating Your Business? Don’t Miss These Three Tips for Moving Your Office Furniture

    Relocating Your Business? Don’t Miss These Three Tips for Moving Your Office Furniture

    No one should be surprised that a move — whether personal or corporate — can be incredibly stressful. In fact, of the employees who are in charge of managing an office relocation, roughly two-third of them will within six months after the move’s completion. Given how challenging moving can be for employees and employers, it’s…

  • 3 Important Video Marketing Tips That Can Make Your Content More Shareable

    3 Important Video Marketing Tips That Can Make Your Content More Shareable

    Videos have long been part of marketing efforts in the form of advertisements or product videos. But video promotion is gaining a new kind of prominence and significance with the growth of social media (and especially mobile Internet use). Videos can now be used as part of content marketing; the more shareable a video is,…

  • The Three Most Essential Standards in an API 653 Tank Inspection

    The Three Most Essential Standards in an API 653 Tank Inspection

    The American Petroleum Institute (API) plays a larger role in the world of above ground storage tanks for fuel and liquid fertilizer than you may think. About once every five years, all above ground storage tanks are subject to inspection by API-653 certified inspectors. And having your tanks fail these inspections is never ideal —…

  • Three Things You Need in Order to Keep Your Server Racks’ Temperature Regulated Efficiently

    Three Things You Need in Order to Keep Your Server Racks’ Temperature Regulated Efficiently

    Data centers and the server racks they house consume a massive amount of energy on any given day of operation. And because server racks are such a crucial component of everyday business, it’s preferable to make your server rack enclosures more efficient to save money and resources rather than shut down your servers entirely. Luckily,…

  • PharmaExpress Takes the Guess Work out of Shipping Pharmaceuticals

    PharmaExpress Takes the Guess Work out of Shipping Pharmaceuticals

    When distributing pharmaceutical products, many manufacturers face challenges in keeping products the right temperature throughout the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. Even the best medical packaging techniques cannot keep every product at the exact correct temperature during long-distance transportation. Qatar Airways is hoping to make things a little easier for pharmaceutical manufacturers with the launch of…