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Nano Terra teams up with Bayer

1 July 2009
Bayer MaterialScience has announced an alliance with Nano Terra - a leading surface engineering and nanotechnology co-development company which will apply its unique surface engineering and nanotechno
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Surf's up with nanotubes

1 July 2009
Entropy Surfboards and Bayer MaterialScience have teamed up to deliver a new line of custom-made surfboards incorporating carbon nanotubes.
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Raheama offers high thermal conductivity

1 July 2009
Japan's Teijin has developed a new thermal-management material called Raheama - a carbon fibre filler which conducts heat better than metals such as silver or copper.
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Atomic-layer reinforcements for spider silk

1 July 2009
Adding titanium, aluminium and zinc metals to spider silk can make it up to ten times stronger with greater extensibility.
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Protection for Victorian heritage site

1 July 2009
More than 2,000 square metres of a new all-in-one breathable multi-foil roofing membrane have been installed during the renovation of three large roofs at Crossness - a group of London listed building
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Ford's focus on green developments

1 July 2009
The use of nano-filler materials in metal and plastic composites to reduce weight and increase the strength of vehicles is just one of the areas currently being explored by Ford.
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More solar textiles for US military

1 July 2009
Solar Integrated Technologies, the manufacturer of laminates of thin-film, amorphous silicon photovoltaic cells and heavy-duty fabrics, has recently secured two new contracts with the US military.
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Active cooling for military hot-spots

1 July 2009
Following extensive military field tests, WL Gore reports the first major order for its new Active Cooling System from the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD).
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Smart Silver in base layers

1 July 2009
Active Sports Fabrics (ASF) has chosen SmartSilver antimicrobial additives, to enhance its Eclipse base layer performance fabrics.
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New application for Lenzing's Tencel

1 July 2009
Eurofoam, Europe's leading foam manufacturer, and cellulose fibre producer Lenzing, have developed a new kind of foam called Cellpur, incorporating Tencel powder.
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Sponge-like nanofibre web has many similarities to human tissue

1 July 2009
For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.
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CNT-enhanced composites shed boat weight

1 July 2009
A new boat is to be built by Strategic Composites entirely from Arovex - the carbon nanotube-enhanced prepreg developed by Zyvex Performance Materials, based in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Technologies get design to speed up route to market

1 July 2009
A wearable radar-on-a-chip tracking device with many safety applications, solar-powered equipment to generate clean water and electricity, and a self-sterilising catheter are among a raft of innovatio
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Capacitative coupling for non-contact monitoring

1 July 2009
Scientists at the Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland (TITV Greitz) in Germany are investigating the employment of electronic textiles that can take physiological readings without direct ski
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Gas release textile with medical uses

1 July 2009
The Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) at Hohenstein in Germany has developed the first textile that can release medically effective gasses.
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Limestone and titanium high performance

1 July 2009
US sportswear brand TYR Sport's new Sayonara is billed as the first high performance swimskin to incorporate Yamamoto Biorubber Swim Mark III fabric.
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Continua selects Bluetooth low energy

1 July 2009
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the selection of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology by Continua Health Alliance, the industry coalition of leading health care and techno
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Encapsulated nanofibre webs for new niches

1 July 2009
Nanosan nonwovens developed by SNS Nano Fiber Technology are specialized nanofibre matrices in which a variety of particles have been successfully entrapped or encapsulated for a range of new niche ap
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Award for feminine future design

1 July 2009
During Techtextil 2009, the Avantex New Fashion Innovation Prize 2009 was presented to a Berlin team of researchers and designers for an interactive dress with integrated stretchable circuit board tec
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Airbags made for recycling

1 July 2009
To make airbags more recyclable, a Japanese company has proposed making them from polyamide (PA) fabric with an elastomeric PA coating.
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