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Simple solution to credit card skimming

1 July 2013
A very thin, pressure-sensitive switch that is robust enough to be laminated into credit cards could solve the problem of data theft.
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Top of the world with Dyneema

1 July 2013
The recent addition of the 408-foot silver spire to New York's new Freedom Tower, the One World Trade Center, brought it to its full height of 1,776 feet, making it the tallest building in the Western
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Oeko-Tex certification for coated wallcoverings

1 July 2013
Neschen AG, based in Buckeburg, Germany has received Oeko-Tex Standard 100 for its range of coated fabrics for digital printing.
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China's Eco-City built on geosynthetics

1 July 2013
Tianjin Eco-City is a new sustainable city in the making which is emerging to the southeast of Beijing in China, over an area of 34 square kilometres.
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3M rolls out Nanosys quantum dot LCD technology

1 July 2013
Nanosys has started-up a new high-capacity manufacturing plant in Milpitas, California, and its quantum dot technology is the basis for a new partnership with consumer product giant 3M.
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Three-for-one at Materialica

1 July 2013
From October 15-17 2013, the 16th Materialica - Lightweight Design for New Mobility - will takie place in Munich, Germany, alongside eCarTec - the 5th International Fair for Hybrid and Electric Mobili
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Wearable Technologies looking for innnovations

1 July 2013
The 2013 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup got underway at the beginning of June.
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Electronic paper - from smartwatches to freezer storage

1 July 2013
E Ink Holdings, the world's largest supplier of displays to the eReader market headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is adding a 1.73-inch flexible display to its Mobius range of flexible electronic paper
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Fibre with a fingerprint

1 July 2013
Protecting products against forgery, product traceability, supply chain control and legal protection against fraudulent warranty claims are all becoming increasingly important in a globalised economy.
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Tension is the key to coating carbon fibres with nanotubes

1 July 2013
For the next generation of commercial jets, US researchers have been exploring the use of composites employing carbon fibres coated with carbon nanotubes, as the basis for even stronger and lighter pa
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Wide choice of novel fabrics awaits vistors to Techtextil

1 June 2013
Fabric manufacturers will reveal their latest innovations in Frankfurt. Nick Butler picks his highlights.
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Non-wetting fabric that can drain sweat

1 June 2013
Bioengineers in the USA have made fabrics that can suck water from one side to the other and then move it away along threads to expel it.
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Bayer MaterialScience closes carbon nanotubes business

1 June 2013
Bayer MaterialScience of Leverkusen, Germany, is to stop all its work on research, production, commercialization and development of applications for carbon nanotubes (CNTs).
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Fluoropolymer treatment for stain-release, and oil- and water-repellence

1 June 2013
A finish that is repellent to oil and water, and gives a fabric a stain-release property in a single treatment is now available from Singapore-based Huntsman Textile Effects.
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Adaptive bedding wins award for Bekaert Textiles and HeIQ

1 June 2013
Bekaert Textiles of Waregem, Belgium, launched a range of bedding designed to keep the sleeper cool and comfortable during the Interzum exhibition, held in Cologne, Germany (13-16 May 2013).
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Ahlstrom's latest technology expands its range of sterile barriers

1 June 2013
Ahlstrom from Helsinki, Finland, has expanded its range of sterile barrier systems (SBS) with the addition of spunbond-meltblown-spunbond (SMS) nonwovens, the latest technology in its portfolio.
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Heated mattress reduces effects of dust-mite allergies

1 June 2013
A two-year field test has proven the effectiveness of a new type of mattress developed to protect sleepers with allergies caused by the presence of dust-mites, according to scientists in Germany.
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Prize-winning water container

1 June 2013
A European project concluded at the end of 2012 with the successful test of a fabric bag used to transport fresh water at sea.
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Foam-coated textile for large-scale digital printing

1 June 2013
A foam-coated textile in widths of up to 5 m is now available from HeyTex Group of Bramsche, Germany, for use as a substrate for large-format digital printing.
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Low-grade cotton proves effective for cleaning crude oil

1 June 2013
Scientists in the USA have found that a low-grade form of cotton is effective at absorbing crude oil and could be used to help clean major spills such as that in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
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