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Embedded wound dressings project

1 January 2010
A three-year research project led by Cranfield University in the UK is aiming to improve the way in which wounds are monitored and treated by developing the world's first 'smart' wound dressings.
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Nanocyl to expand production capacity of carbon nanotubes

1 January 2010
Nanocyl, based in Sambreville, Belgium, is installing a new reactor with a capacity of 400 metric tons per year for producing its NC 7000 carbon nanotube technologies.
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First line for inorganic nanofibres

1 January 2010
Elmarco has successfully launched a new type of production line for the production of inorganic nanofibres.
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LifeVest prominent in AHA papers

1 January 2010
The LifeVest wearable defibrillator manufactured by Zoll Corporation, based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, was discussed in three separate scientific presentations at the recent American Heart Ass
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SWeNT introduces carbon nanotube ink

1 January 2010
At the December 2009 Materials Research Society meeting held in Boston, USA, SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) introduced a new carbon nanotube ink technology which allows the low cost printing of co
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Good growth in digital printing

1 January 2010
The global digital textile printing industry will be worth Euro4 billion by 2010, according to Marcus Timson of FESPA - the Federation of European Screenprinters Associations.
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Focus of attention for high fashion

1 January 2010
High-end fashion company Lacoste, commissioned graphics using unique Lumisty view control film for a global product launch at London's Selfridges store.
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Going against the grain in India

1 January 2010
In the short term, growth in technical textiles in India will be in outerwear and protective clothing, sportswear and medical products, according to Neeraj Karhade of India Private Equity Partners (IP
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Arsenic and gold clusters

1 January 2010
Researchers at Jackson State University in the USA have developed a new rapid, easy and highly sensitive arsenic test based on the aggregation of gold nanoparticles.
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Electronic paper potential for Teijin Eleclear

1 January 2010
Teijin Chemicals is envisaging growth for its Eleclear transparent electroconductive film, which currently has a share of this growing market of approximately 24%.
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New textile finishes based on plant oils

1 January 2010
The MiDori range of sustainable effects for textile surfaces are based on the Ethicrops range of plant oils.
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New chitin nanofibres discovered

1 January 2010
A whole microcosm of various bizarrely shaped life forms opens up when diatoms, the primary component of ocean plankton, are looked at under a microscope.
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Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing

1 January 2010
Rice University scientists have revealed a new method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon nanotube fibres they believe could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power d
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Polymers in Photovoltaics

1 January 2010
Bringing together module manufacturers and polymer experts to look to the future of solar power, the Polymers in Photovoltaics conference will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany, from 20
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Growing the synthetic alternative

1 January 2010
The synthetic turf market in Europe is now worth an annual Euro1 billion, with 26 million square metres laid in 2008, of which 87% was sports fields and 13% landscaping.
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Greener synthetic leather

1 January 2010
Japan's Kuraray has started the full-scale manufacture of Green Clarino environmentally-friendly artificial leather - with an initial annual production of 2.5 million square metres at its plant in Oka
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Elastic smoke carbon yarns

1 January 2010
A new Israeli company will attempt to produce industrial scale yarns from a UK process of forming carbon filaments from 'elastic smoke'.
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Pounded by elehants...no problem

1 January 2010
Dallas Zoo was the recent setting for a special kind of fibre resilience testing of SmartStrand floorcovering by its maker Mohawk.
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P2i adds 24 nanocoating machines in 12 months

1 January 2010
Liquid repellent nanocoating technology P2i's revenues were up 207% to GBP3.2 million and royalties up three-fold to GBP1.7 million for its financial year ending July 31 2011.
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Breakthrough in industrial-scale processing of carbon nanotubes

1 January 2010
Scientists at Rice University and their partners claim to have discovered a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon nanotube fibres that they believe could lead to revolutionary adva
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