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<title>Who Is to Blame For GM's Collapse? All of Us</title>
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<title>Microsoft PowerPoints Are Terrible for Engineers</title>
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<title>Is Rachel Carson Important in 2008?</title>
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<title>Obama Should Tell Detroit's CEOs: No- Part II</title>
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<title>Obama Should Tell Detroit's CEOs: No</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:11:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hydrogen as an Auto Fuel: Forget About It</title>
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<title>Green Designers Pick Plastics Over Paper</title>
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<title>New TPE Blend Replaces PVC in Auto Instrument Panels</title>
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<title>When Will Detroit’s Auto Engineers Start Getting it Right?</title>
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<title>Buckypaper May Soon Be Ready for Prime Time</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ford Makes Big Move to Soy-Based Foams</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Novamont Works Hard to Make Bioplastics' Case</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wind Power: We Need More Real Support and Less Hot Air</title>
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<title>Wow, Plastic Really is Good for the Environment</title>
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<title>Liquidity Crunch Could Affect Cash-Raising at Startups</title>
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<title>New Elastomers, Processes Reflect Rapid Growth in Medical Devices</title>
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<title>Lead-Free Solders Create Materials' Challenges</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Herman Miller Designers Target PVC, Halogens, Fiberglass</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:59:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Titanium: News from Superbugs to Sarah Palin</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:08:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Exclusive: GM Drops High-Performance Composites for Volt Body</title>
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<title>GM Unveils the Volt -- A Hockey Mom's Car</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Polycarbonate Offers Better Hurricane Protection Than Plywood</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:39:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Undercuts Provide Vibration-Proof Blind Hole Fastening</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Long-Fiber Foamed Parts Debut at Fakuma</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Declining Appliance Sales Pummel Nickel Prices</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Energy Efficiency is the Big Buzz at Fakuma</title>
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