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			<title>Slideshow: Composites Help Disintegrate Spacecraft Fuel Tanks</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Carbon fiber composites are being used in a satellite fuel tank designed to burn up on re-entry.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Video: Worm Hooks Inspire Better Bandages</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the hooks a parasitic worm uses to penetrate its host's intestines, the Karp Lab has invented a flexible adhesive patch covered with microneedles that adheres well to wet, soft tissues, but doesn't cause damage when removed.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Video: Seahorse Armor Inspires Robot Design</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Engineers at the University of California, San Diego are designing a robotic arm that takes inspiration from the loose, flexible, yet very strong structure of the armored plates on a seahorse's tail.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>How to Make Light Go Faster</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the Missouri University of Science & Technology have designed a new nanoscale material that can transmit light faster than the 186,000 miles per second it usually takes to travel through air.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Green Power Breaks Records in the West</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=263150&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[It has often been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. This spring, the state's wind power is setting energy generation records and solar energy generation is expected to rise sharply during the second half of 2013. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Next-Gen Wave Glider Robot Propelled by Solar</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=262965&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest model of Liquid Robotics' Wave Glider autonomous, unmanned marine vehicle (UMV), the SV3, is reportedly the world's first hybrid wave- and solar-power-propelled unmanned ocean robot.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Architects Make Curves With Carbon Composites</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=262878&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Composites are helping architects make highly unusual curved and freeform shapes in large buildings in the Middle East.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Aircraft Engine Maker Opens Additive Manufacturing Lab</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=262621&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Pratt & Whitney has funded an additive manufacturing center at the University of Connecticut to advance R&D for AM processes that produce metals.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Report: 3D Printing Will (Eventually) Transform Manufacturing</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=262205&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Additive manufacturing, including 3D printing, has the potential to upend manufacturing supply chains, according to a new report from Lux Research.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Corn, Wheat &amp; Rice Trash Make Concrete Stronger</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261936&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Kansas State University civil engineers have used the waste products of biofuels to make a stronger cement, a major ingredient of concrete, that also gives concrete a smaller carbon footprint. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Used Cooking Oil Powers Transatlantic Flights</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261688&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has begun weekly transatlantic flights from New York to Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Composites Go to the Arctic </title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Extreme athletes are skiing across the Arctic on an expedition to the far north of a Norwegian island, depending for survival on their wits and two custom-designed sleds that incorporate carbon composites and ultra-high molecular weight linear polyethylene.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Smallest Dental Labs Get 3D-Printed Models</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261369&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A new 3D printer from Stratasys is making digital production of models for crowns, bridges, retainers, and other dental devices affordable for the smallest labs.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Report: 2013 Will Make or Break Alternative Fuels</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[This will be the year that makes or breaks alternative fuel technologies in North America, according to a new report from Lux Research.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Self-Assembled Devices May Transform Manufacturing</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The line between materials and machines will blur when modular, self-reconfigurable robots and self-assembling engineered DNA bricks change the rules of product manufacturing.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Owens Corning Joins BASF, TenCate to Fast-Track Car Composites</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261323&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Owens Corning has joined an alliance between BASF and TenCate to develop continuous glass fiber composites for high-volume auto manufacturing.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>National Additive Manufacturing Institute Funds First Projects</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=260918&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute has funded its first seven projects. They span a range of technologies and focus on fine-tuning existing AM processes for a variety of goals, including tooling, materials development, and composite production.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Results: Your Opinions on a Design Ideas Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=260658&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Here's a summary of your ideas for starting a Design Ideas forum that poses design problems and asks for input from the community to help solve them in innovative ways. We also ask for a bit more feedback to help fine-tune things.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>How to Transmit Light Instead of Electricity on PC Boards</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=260442&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A new silicone-based material developed by Dow Corning and IBM promises to enable flexible, stable, and easily processable board-level optical waveguides for high-speed data transfer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>NASA Starts Biofuel Flight Tests</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=260260&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA has begun flight tests of biofuels based on nonfood plants to determine their emissions and performance effects on jet engines.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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