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Sep 16, 2010
Discovery News - A horrific explosion in San Bruno, Calif., yesterday initially prompted fears of an airplane crash. The source turned out to be a ruptured natural gas line, but what failure actually caused the deadly, Bruckheimer-like scene?
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Sep 16, 2010
The Hindu - KARUR: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Karur Exporter's Association organised an interactive session with Seshadri Ramkumar Associate Professor of technical textile, Texas Tech University, the United States and Co-Chairman, India committee, Association of the Non-woven Fabrics Industry of United States. The session was on the business opportunities in technical textile and how Karur can take advantage of that section of the textile industry.
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Sep 16, 2010
Specialty Fabrics Review - There is no better testing ground for Texas Tech University’s Fibertect®, a cotton nonwoven wipe with an activated carbon core, than Grand Isle, La., where crude oil washing up on pristine white sand beaches is destroying tourism and making cleanup workers ill. Fibertect’s first field test showed that it successfully absorbed up to 15 times its weight in oil and also adsorbed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which may be one component of toxic vapors reportedly sickening cleanup crews.
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Sep 16, 2010
Students can avoid the freshman 15 by making good food choices and sticking to a sensible exercise routine.