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Malaysia's NTPM expands personal care products business

1 August 2014
Malaysia-based Nibong Tebal Paper Mill Holdings (NTPM) is investing more than MYR20 million (US$6.2 million) for a new plant to double production of its personal care products business (reports The St
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SPECIAL FEATURE: Screen tests and wrist action

1 August 2014
LEDs, OLEDs and plastic electronics are threatening to change the way we look at the world - and interact with everyday surfaces - writes editor Adrian Wilson.
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Nano route to advanced MRI

1 August 2014
Submicroscopic particles that contain even smaller particles of iron oxide could make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a far more powerful tool to detect and fight disease.
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3D printing for new engineered cores

1 August 2014
The blades of today's wind turbines still have a decidedly low-tech material at their core - balsa wood.
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PointLEDs save space for e-textiles

1 August 2014
Forster Rohner Textile Innovations in Switzerland is now employing PointLEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors to make its e-broidery textiles.
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Don't miss the bus with electronic timetables

1 August 2014
Swiss public transport operator PostBus is currently testing new electronic timetable displays at bus stops.
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Ceiling of light

1 August 2014
Global lighting leader Philips recently launched a luminous panel that can cover an entire ceiling with homogenous white light.
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Multiple screens on bendable phone

1 August 2014
Paperfold is an experimental bendable smartphone which has three different displays which can fold over one another and are responsive to where they are relative to each other.
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Smart sensor system in composites

1 August 2014
Nanoelectronics research centre Imec, Ghent University and their partners in the Smartfiber European FP7 project have demonstrated a miniaturised fibre optical sensor system that can be embedded in a
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3D-printed assembly support at BMW

1 August 2014
New ergonomic tools are being 3D printed by BMW.
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Nanocellulose to compete with carbon?

1 August 2014
Japan is now taking nanocellulose extremely seriously, with around 100 companies actively involved in working together to develop it as a next generation material.
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Nanotech companies to merge

1 August 2014
OCSiAl has acquired carbon nanotube (CNT) functionalisation specialist Zyvex Technologies, based in Columbus, Ohio, making the combined venture the largest nanotechnology company in the world.
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Ambiotex launch planned for October

1 August 2014
Representing the state-of-the-art in wearable fitness monitoring, the ambiotex t-shirt developed by match2blue GmbH of Mainz, Germany, was showcased at this year's Wearable Technologies Conference in
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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