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Temperature-regulating filling

1 July 2014
An apparel filling (Spherix) that contains phase-change material (PCM) to regulate the temperature of the wearer has been launched by Outlast Technologies of Boulder, Colorado, USA.
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Nanofibres and bacteria combine for 'living materials'

1 June 2014
Scientists at MIT are developing hybrid materials that are a cross between living bacterial cells and non-living components such as gold nanoparticles or quantum dots.
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Vascular networks for self healing

1 June 2014
A new self-healing system for composites has been developed by the Beckman Institute's Autonomous Materials Systems (AMS) Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Light-emitting plants

1 June 2014
Bioglow, based in St Louis, Missouri, has developed the world's first autoluminescent (light producing) plants based on the work of molecular biologist Dr Alexander Krichevsky.
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Strong nanowebs without chemicals

1 June 2014
Single layer breathable nanowebs have been developed using an environmentally benign electrospinning process by a team of interdisciplinary researchers at Texas Tech University.
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Natural framework for high-performing nanostructure

1 June 2014
A lightweight, high-strength new nanomaterial inspired by the framework structure of bones and wood and the shell structure of bees' honeycombs could find applications in insulation and shock absorbin
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Nanofibre mesh for low-cost dialysis

1 June 2014
Researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a nanofibre mesh that can remove toxins and waste from blood.
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Auxetic behaviour observed in stem cells

1 June 2014
Stem cells have been shown to exhibit auxetic properties - the ability to expand when stretched - in work by scientists at the University of Cambridge.
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Thinnest ever material?

1 June 2014
A new stable porous membrane that consists of two layers of graphene and is thinner than a nanometre - 100,000 times thinner than the diameter of a human hair - could be groundbreaking in filtration a
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Nanofibre arrays in new thermal interface material

1 June 2014
By harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibres, a thermal interface material able to conduct heat 20 times better than the original polymer has been dev
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Move over spider silk, make way for slime

1 June 2014
Hagfish - an ancient group of bottom-dwelling creatures that have remained relatively unchanged for more than 300 million years - secrete a gelatinous slime containing mucus and tens of thousands of p
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3D printing with wool

1 June 2014
The next generation of Walt Disney toys could contain an entirely new level of intelligence as the result of a new technique for the creation of soft materials in 3D.
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NASA tests full-size composite fuel tank

1 June 2014
For more than 50 years, metal tanks have carried fuel to launch rockets and propel them into space, but now NASA and Boeing's composite cryotank is about to undergo a series of tests to gauge its suit
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Cheaper films for phones and solar cells

1 June 2014
Transparent conductive oxide films are now an integral part of everyday life whether in smartphones, tablets, laptops, flat screens or solar cells, but they're still expensive and complex to manufactu
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MIT.nano a major investment

1 June 2014
Comprehensive facilities for nanoscale research are currently being constructed at the very heart of MIT's Cambridge campus in Massachusettes, for completion in 2018.
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Solvay teams with Plastic Logic

1 June 2014
Plastic Logic, based in Cambridge, UK, is teaming up with Solvay Specialty Polymers, to develop low power flexible electronics suitable for wearable devices.
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Stacked electrodes the key to new solar fabrics

1 June 2014
New highly-efficient solar cells based on stable, flexible textile electrodes that can be integrated into fabrics have been developed in China.
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LifeVest available throughout Japan

1 June 2014
Asahi Kasei Zoll Medical (AZM) has now launched the LifeVest Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator throughout Japan.
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Emana patent secured by Solvay

1 June 2014
Solvay has obtained a European patent protecting the use of its Emana smart fibre.
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Self-expanding implantable patented by TissueGen

1 June 2014
TissueGen, based in Dallas, Texas, has been granted a new patent for a self-expanding medical device capable of drug elusion within the body.
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