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The smell of invisible damage

1 August 2010
A new process developed by research scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute will ensure that cracked crash helmets start to smell distinctively, as a result of odoriferous oils exuding from their
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A twist in the tail for CNTS

1 August 2010
Helical carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are expected to play a pivotal role in the nanoscale engineering of high-performance materials due to their ability to switch between metal and semiconductor behaviour
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Oilguard absorbs oil, repels water

1 August 2010
HeiQ Materials AG, the TWE Group and Beyond Surface Technologies have created an oil-absorbing nonwoven which may be of use in clearing the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Zeolite nanofiltration could cut oil sands emissions

1 August 2010
Although the oil sands deposits in Canada contain as much as 173 billion barrels of economically viable oil - topped only by Saudi Arabia's reserves - only about a million barrels are produced each da
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Multi-tasking composites funding for Dayton

1 August 2010
Nano Adaptive Hybrid Fabric (NAHF-X) enables composites to be tailored for such properties as electrical and thermal conductivity, chemical and biological sensing, energy storage and conversion, therm
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Methanol-to-olefin unit demonstrates commercial viability

1 August 2010
Honeywell reports success in converting alternative feedstocks into base materials for petrochemicals production.
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Ride 'em cowboy

1 August 2010
Rodeo riders in the US are the latest adopters of Deflexion - the newly-branded protection technology from Dow Corning Corporation.
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Nano-surfaced fibres with inherent lotus effect

1 August 2010
New soil-repellent textiles employing the 'lotus effect' have been developed in a German joint research project between the Hohenstein Institute in Boennigheim and ITCF Denkendorf.
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Digital at higher speed and higher quality

1 August 2010
UK-headquartered Xennia Technology and Italy's Reggiani Macchine have completed a full scale demonstration model of their new diagonal multi pass digital inkjet textile printing system.
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Evonik opens new plant for P84 fibres

1 August 2010
After a construction phase of little more than a year, the Evonik Fibres, a subsidiary of the German Evonik Industries Group, opened its new production facility in Schorfling, Austria, in June.
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Digitex final conference

1 August 2010

The Digitex consortium, coordinated by TenCate, in collaboration with Italy's Confindustria Bergamo has announced that the final conference for the joint research project Digitex - Digital Programm

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Twaron production back up to speed

1 August 2010
Teijin Aramid reports that it is now back to full production of aramid fibres at its plant in Emmen, the Netherlands.
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Stimuli-responsive nanofibres developed as coatings

1 August 2010
A US company is developing the use of nanofibres that respond to external stimuli to modify the surfaces of a variety of substrates.
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Better reinforcements

1 August 2010
Nanofibres fused to microfibres are proposed as an improved reinforcement for composites in International Patent Publication WO 2009/018104.
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Keeping circuits cool with pitch-based carbon fibre composites

1 August 2010
The development of carbon fibre-reinforced resins that have thermal conductivities high enough to help keep electronic components cool is the goal of Japan's Teijin Ltd.
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Military fabrics assessed for US firefighters' garments

1 August 2010
Several Fire Departments in the USA are evaluating a protective fabric used by the US military for potential use in garments worn by their firefighters.
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3M introduces high-performance foam adhesive dressing

1 August 2010
3M Health Care has introduced the full range of its new Tegaderm High Performance Foam Adhesive Dressings.
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US launch of TIGR matrix long-term resorbable synthetic mesh

1 August 2010
Singapore-headquartered Novus Scientific has announced the US sales launch of TIGR Matrix Surgical Mesh.
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Trevira to manufacture Naturework's plant-based fibres in Europe

1 August 2010
Trevira, a leading producer of high-quality branded polyester fibres and filament yarns, now holds a master licence to manufacture NatureWorks LLC's Ingeo fibres, which are made from raw materials der
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Fibre-reinforced composite materials

1 August 2010
A formable fibre-reinforced composite material has been developed by Pentron Clinical Technologies for use as a dental material.
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