“In the nearly 40 years since lead acetate was initially approved as a color additive, our understanding of the hazards of lead exposure has evolved significantly,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, says in a statement. “We now know that the approved use of lead acetate in adult hair dyes no longer meets our safety standard.”

Eighty years after the theoretical prediction of the force required to overcome the van der Waals’ bonding between layers in a crystal, engineering researchers at Tohoku University have measured it directly. They report their …

Abstract: An imaging pixel includes a photodetector for generating a charge signal, an input buffer, a control device, and a switch. The input buffer is connected to the photodetector for amplifying the charge signal. The control device is connected to the photodetector and the input buffer to separate high-frequency charge signals from low frequency charge signals. The switch is operably connected to the input buffer for sampling of high-frequency charge signals in a charge storage device triggered by amplitude of high-frequency charge signals provided by the input buffer.

The council oversees about 30 operational cemeteries spread between Rodney and Franklin: its big three are Waikumete, North Shore Memorial Park and Manukau Memorial Gardens. Amalgamation brought the need to standardise cemetery bylaws and practices and end considerable fee variations. For instance, the charge for digging an oversize plot varies from nil to $518.

Inventor(s): Stephen Mark Higgins (Carrollton, TX) Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED Law Firm: Scheef Stone, L.L.P. (Local) Application No., Date, Speed: 14957200 on 12/02/2015 (1105 days app to issue)

Each box of dye usually has instructions on how to conduct a patch test, but here’s a basic guide: Mix a spoonful of dye with a spoonful of developer in your plastic bowl (make sure to tightly reseal the bottles) and paint the last few inches of a very small section of hair. Then, just like you would with your natural hair, let it sit for as long as it says on the box, then rinse, shampoo, condition, and dry.

Gujarat is also a major source of dyes used for coloring textiles and plastic household goods. The fall in the rupee has supplied Indian exporters a competitive advantage, reducing the price of their wares in dollar terms.

Rhode Island has always been one of the top destinations for Cape Verde emigres — and next month, Emerson College Professor and Brown University Fellow Andrade-Watkins, who grew up in Fox Point, will have a thirty year retrospective of her work at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. 

Karen Gillan of Dr. Who fame looked perfectly prim in a short, grey argyle sweater which revealed just a sliver of stomach.

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This week, Google pushed out its multi-step smart home actions you can start with a simple voice command.

Meanwhile, from noon to 5 p.m., the lush sights and sounds of Bavarian guest musicians Oachkazlschwoarf; the Minnesota Morris Dancers (men’s folk dance team) of The Minnesota Renaissance Festival; the Satori Violet Belly Dancers of Mankato; and those Black Forest masked visitors, The New Ulm Narren, will dance.