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High efficiency dewatering developed for hydroentangled webs

1 June 2007
High speeds and excellent product qualities have always been key specifications for nonwoven production and finishing.
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Vivometrics launches the VivoResponder for first responders and biohazard workers

1 May 2007
California-based VivoMetrics has announced the launch of VivoResponder, a lightweight and compact, non-invasive, continuous life-sign monitoring system specifically tailored to meet the needs of the f
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Prisym expands manufacturing of bespoke holographic labels

1 May 2007
Prisym has recently invested in the latest holographic equipment at its Wokingham facility in the UK to expand its range of hologram labels.
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Europe's first production line for large-scale solar panels

1 May 2007
California-based Applied Materials is to provide T-Solar Global of Spain with Europe's first thin film solar module production line for ultra-large 5.7 square metre panels.
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US Air Force backs thin film technology

1 May 2007
United Solar Ovonic a developing thin-film amorphous-silicon solar technology, has been awarded a new contract worth $9.1 million from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to work on new solar cell te
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Resin beads in nonwovens to fight Mad Cow's disease

1 May 2007
A nonwoven composite containing prion-capture resin beads has been developed by US researchers for the removal of infectious prion proteins - the agents associated with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disea
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Gold nanoparticles for elusive dabs

1 May 2007
Researchers in Israel are using gold nanoparticles dissolved in a new organic solution as a method of revealing hidden fingerprints.
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NaturalNano has ambitions for Pleximer nanocomposites

1 May 2007
NaturalNano has outlined its performance goals for 2007 in respect of its Pleximer additive based on halloysite nanotubes.
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Merger brings critical mass for CNTs in US

1 May 2007
Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc and Unidym are to merge.
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Mobile power at CeBIT

1 May 2007
Sunload, based in Berlin, Germany, has teamed up with elite bag manufacturer Marc-Picard to create a series of luxury bags and briefcases, each with embedded flexible solar panels, an internal lithium
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The power of silicone

1 May 2007
Biker clothing specialist Rukka and snowsports apparel leader Mammut have recently launched clothing incorporating Dow Corning's patented Active Protection System which marries performance spacer fabr
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Smart house will sense and heal

1 May 2007
A villa designed to resist earthquakes by healing cracks in its own walls and monitoring vibrations through an intelligent sensor network is to be built in Greece.
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Smart Fabrics in Washington

1 May 2007
Smart fabrics are already an industry worth an annual US$340 million and growing at 19% annually to reach a predicted $720 million by 2008, according to IntertechPira.
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Growing retailer acceptance for Eleksen products

1 May 2007
Elekesen achieved 2006 sales of GBP3.6 million, compared to GBP1.3 million in 2005, its rapid growth curve representing the impact this technology is now having on the market.
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Carbon spacers for stronger nylon

1 May 2007
A nylon polymer composite with greater strength and toughness due to the incorporation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been developed by a team of University of Pennsylvania and Rice Uni
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Changing the walls with nanotech

1 May 2007
An engineer from The University of Manchester in the UK who is pushing boundaries in the field of nanotechnology has been recognised with a prestigious award.
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World's First' demo facility for polymer nanocomposites

1 May 2007
The University of Dayton Research Institute, Ohio, USA, has opened what it claims is the world's first manufacturing centre for product demonstration of nano-enhanced polymer composites.
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Golden nano-dumbbells

1 May 2007
A team from the Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research in Stuttgart and Christina Wege's research team at the University of Stuttgart has been successful in selectively modifying the ends of na
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New technology for nanofibre extrusion

1 May 2007
Florida-based extrusion equipment manufacturer Hills Inc. has developed technology to produce meltblown fibres with an average size of 250 nm and a range between 25 and 400 nm.
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Troops armed with X-Static

1 May 2007
Noble Biomaterials, the US creator of X-Static silver fibre, has developed the FRX fibre system to respond to the military's need for flame resistant clothing.
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