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			<title>100-Percent Solar Plane Flies High on Advanced Materials</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The 100-percent solar-powered Solar Impulse plane flies on a piloted, cross-country flight this summer over the US as a prelude to the longer, round-the-world flight by its successor aircraft planned for 2015.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>GE Aviation Cuts 3D Print Time in LEAP Engine</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[GE Aviation expects to chop off about 25 percent of the total 3D printing time of metallic production components for its LEAP Turbofan engine, using in-process inspection. That's pretty amazing, considering how slow additive manufacturing (AM) build times usually are. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Watch Out, Hobbyist 3D Printing - Here Comes DIY Injection Molding</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=264158&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A $1,500, hand-operated, bench-model, plastic injection machine crowdsource-funded via Kickstarter can be used to mold small, quality, plastic parts inexpensively, on demand.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Feds Launch Metals Lightweighting Institute</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The federal government is launching competitions to kickstart three more manufacturing innovation institutes, including one focused on Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Anatomy of a Composite-Heavy Jetliner</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=264009&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The airframe of Airbus's A350 XWB consists of a bigger proportion of carbon-fiber-reinforced composite structures than any other commercial jet to date: over 53 percent by weight. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Bioplastic's Algae Content Raised to 51% for Injection Molding </title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=263831&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392_1392</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Bioplastic manufacturing leader Cereplast has increased the post-industrial biomatter content of its second injection-molding grade of algae-based resin to 51%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>NASA Tests Biofuel, Reports Reduced Emissions</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Initial reports from NASA's first round of flight tests of a jet biofuel based on camelina plants show fewer emissions than from conventional jet fuel.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Composites Help Disintegrate Spacecraft Fuel Tanks</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=263520&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392_1392</link>
			<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>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=263190&amp;f_src=designnews_section_1392_1392</link>
			<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>
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			<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_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>
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			<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_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_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_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>
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			<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_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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