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Scientists 'Self-Censor" Climate Change Language to Protect Funding

Nov 29, 2017

PJ Media - It's no secret that Donald Trump is less than friendly toward climate change scientists and their conclusions. As a result, research labs and institutions that specialize in studying climate change are feeling the budget pinch. In order to protect their funding, climate change scientists used to unfettered access to the government teat under the Obama administration are adopting new tactics. One such tactic is watching the words they use in grant requests.

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Sostenibilidad: Wrangler adopts foam-dyeing technology, revs up to revolutionize denim

Nov 28, 2017

America Retail - Yesterday, representatives from across the apparel industry came together at the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute of Texas Tech University, where Wrangler, Lee, the Walmart Foundation and Indigo Mill Designs (IMD) unveiled a disruptive new dyeing process for producing denim. In a radical departure from water-based dyeing, IndigoZERO™ uses a foam-based process to reduce water and energy use by more than 90 percent.

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Unlocking Your Phone With Your Heartbeat

Nov 27, 2017

Laboratory Equipment - Biometric authentication makes hacking into a phone or computer harder than just guessing or stealing a password-recent technologies such as fingerprint sensors and voice recognition software have been implemented in a variety of devices to ensure that the person accessing the device is the person it belongs to.

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The Future Fabric of Our Lives

Nov 27, 2017

Textile Excellence - Some may see a pile of "gin trash" or a pile of low micronnaire cotton, but to Noureddine Abidi, the same pile has the potential to be the building material -- the fabric -- of our future.

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