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National Defense October 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Navy Beefs Up 3-D Printing Efforts With New 'Print the Fleet' Program At the Harsh Environment Lab in Virginia Beach, Navy scientists and engineers are developing cutting edge technologies, including 3-D printing.
Chemistry World September 16, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Freeing a world of fixers FormFormForm, a small company based in London, UK, is trying to reverse that trend with a silicone rubber adhesive called sugru, which can be shaped to fit all sorts of applications.
Chemistry World September 11, 2014 Emma Stoye	First flexible graphene display paves the way for folding electronics The first flexible display device based on graphene has been unveiled by scientists in the UK, who say it is the first step on the road towards next generation gadgets that can be folded, rolled or crumpled up without cracking the screen.
Chemistry World September 8, 2014 Emma Stoye	CPU heat powers PCR disease detection Scientists in the US have devised a new way of carrying out blood tests -- based on a modified computer and camera phone -- that could lower the costs of disease screening in developing countries.
Chemistry World September 2, 2014 Jon Cartwright	Flexible solar cell woven into fabric There could soon be a way to power wearable electronics indefinitely, now that scientists in China have developed a solar cell 'textile' that could be woven into clothes.
Chemistry World August 29, 2014 Elisabeth Bowley	Concerns over chemical treatment of reclaimed fracking fluid In the next 50 years, over one trillion gallons of water will be used in shale gas extraction but research from scientists in the US suggests that environmentally detrimental compounds are being created when this fluid is recycled.
Chemistry World August 22, 2014 Harriet Brewerton	Printed sensors kick up a stink Scientists in Canada have used an inkjet-printer to create sensors that give off a smell when a target biomolecule is present.
Chemistry World August 21, 2014 Jonathan Midgley	Redirecting electrons boosts algal hydrogen generation Scientists have developed a highly targeted metabolic engineering technique to control the flow of electrons produced by the initial stages of photosynthesis in microalgae.
Information Today August 14, 2014	Knovel Launches Composites Subject Area Composites comprises design, selection, analysis, testing, manufacturing, and repair information related to composite materials.
National Defense September 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	As Technology Matures, New Roles Emerge for Underwater Drones While unmanned underwater vehicle technology is advancing, it is not maturing as quickly as UAVs.
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