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German project aims to create an artificial womb for premature babies

1 July 2014
An ambitious research project in Germany is seeking to create an artificial womb made from smart textiles that will provide sensory therapy for prematurely born babies.
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Continuous process makes large quantities of high-quality, single-wall carbon nanotubes

1 July 2014
Two fundamental challenges to the widespread use of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been solved in a breakthrough technology, according to the company behind the development.
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Ceramic fibre offers high temperature insulation

1 July 2014
A UK company has begun to sell a polycrystalline wool fibre (Alphawool) for use above 1300degC.
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Chinese wallcovering line close to commercial production

1 July 2014
On the 28 May 2014, Ahlstrom inaugurated a production line in Binzhou, China, for the production of high-performance wallcoverings.
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Jacob Holm to buy DuPont's hydroentangled nonwovens business

1 July 2014
DuPont of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, is to divest its global hydroentangled nonwovens business (Sontara), which specializes in fabrics for medical applications and wipes.
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Monadnock offers expertise and facilities to commercialize ideas

1 July 2014
A US company is offering to share its expertise and facilities to help others develop pilot-scale production of nonwovens into full-scale commercial reality.
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Metallized silver technology for medical and smart textiles

1 July 2014
An Indian company claims to have developed and commercialized a technology (Flexsil) for permanently bonding silver to textile substrates in order to make them antibacterial and electrically conductiv
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Barrier fabrics to wrap surgical instruments

1 July 2014
Ahlstrom of Helsinki, Finland, has added several fabrics to its range of sterile barrier systems (Ahlstrom Reliance Tandem).
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Recycled carbon fibre made into veils and mats

1 July 2014
Technical Fibre Products (TFP) Ltd of Burnside, UK, has added to its range of high-quality veils and mats made from recycled carbon fibre.
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Process to make nanoscale polypropylene fibres

1 July 2014
Tokyo, Japan-based JX Nippon Oil and Energy is commercializing a process to make polypropylene (PP) fibres with diameters in the range 300-500 nm.
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Halogen-free treatments to make upholstery fabrics flame-retardant

1 July 2014
An Australian company has launched two halogenfree flame-retardant (FR) treatments for upholstery and furnishings.
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Combined yarns make a battery

1 July 2014
Researchers in China have made a lithium-ion battery by pairing two stretchable and bendable yarns and claim a 10-cm-long piece weighing just 0.08 g can power a string of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
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Uncoated fabric for functional outerwear from Teijin Frontier

1 July 2014
A high-density fabric with a structure designed to make breathable, waterproof and water-shedding outerwear is now available.
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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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