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Post-graduate Wearable Technologies programme

1 September 2010
The University of Wales, Newport, is launching the first MA (Master of Arts)/MFA (Master in Fine Arts) Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology courses in October.
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Improving Li-ion power with CNTs

1 September 2010
SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) and the University of Oklahoma (OU) have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).
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Electronic textiles as memory triggers

1 September 2010
As part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, two teams of researchers led by Professor Barbara Layne of Concordia University, Montreal, and Professor Janis Jefferies at Goldsmit
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PEEK enhanced with integrated CNTs

1 September 2010
Solvay Advanced Polymers is partnering with the Entegris TEGO Polymers Unit to develop and market advanced carbon nanotube-enhanced PEEK products suitable for a range of emerging applications in the m
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Fashion meets Technology

1 September 2010
Tine Beez, fashion graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, has launched her 'Fashion meets Technology' active wear collection featuring technology from Fibretronic.
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Carbon fibre conference programme

1 September 2010
Event organiser Intertechpira has announced the latest programme for its annual conference dedicated to the carbon fibre industry, Global Outlook for Carbon Fibre, now called GOCarbonFibre2010.
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Coating and laminating--vital to the health of the industry

1 September 2010
Conference director Bill Smith has finalized the programme for the latest edition of the long-running International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL 2010).
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Sales for carbon fibres increasing, but losses continue for Zoltek Industries

1 September 2010
Carbon fibre specialist Zoltek Companies Inc has reported that net sales for its third quarter, ended 30 June 2010, totalled US$42.4 million, compared with $30.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal
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SCA acquires baby diaper business in Mexico and Central America

1 September 2010
Sweden-based SCA is purchasing the Copamex baby diaper business in Mexico and Central America. The purchase price is understood to be worth around US$50 million on a debt-free basis.
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Low-cost composite dressing

1 September 2010
A composite medical dressing containing a metal oxide has been developed by two research centres in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Biocompatible dressing promotes tissue growth

1 September 2010
A multilayer reduced pressure delivery apparatus (211) for promoting tissue growth is disclosed in US Patent 7 700 819 by Kinetic Concepts.
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Honey-impregnated composite dressing offers moist healing

1 September 2010
A flexible, honey-impregnated dressing for direct application to a wound has been developed for absorbing wound exudates by Api-Med Medical Honey, which is now part of Comvita New Zealand.
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Headband with tension indicator

1 September 2010
A headband that incorporates a tension indicator has been developed by Covidien subsidiary Nellcor Puritan Bennett.
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Amicor launches medical and healthcare uniforms at HEAT

1 September 2010
Amicor, a global distributor of antimicrobial textiles, launched Amicor medical and healthcare uniforms at the International Conference on Healthcare and Hygiene Textiles & Clothing (HEAT) 2010 in
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KCI obtains injunction against Smith & Nephew in the UK

1 September 2010
Kinetic Concepts (KCI) reports that the High Court of Justice Chancery Division, Patents Court in the UK has entered an injunction against Smith & Nephew prohibiting infringement of two KCI patent
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Bio-tolerance of textile implants

1 September 2010
Researchers at the Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) of Germany's Hohenstein Institute have reported progress in the use of stem cells to stimulate the regeneration of vascular tissue to a
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Impregnated nanoparticles help prevent hospital acquired infections

1 September 2010
A clinical trial conducted by the Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) of Richmond, Virginia, USA, has shown that nanotechnology developed by Vest
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Surgical garments based on cornstarch solution

1 September 2010
Singapore researchers have invented a flexible, lightweight, impact-resistant composite material based on the same principles of how a cornstarch solution hardens on impact.
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Medical textile developments

1 September 2010
Medical and Healthcare Textiles, a new book from Woodhead Publishing, is based on papers presented at the fourth MEDTEX conference held in July 2007 at the University of Bolton, UK.
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Baltic distribution agreement

1 September 2010
Univar, a leading distributor of chemicals around the world, has signed a distribution deal with Celanese Emulsion Polymers, a specialist in emulsion technology and application development.
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