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  • Discarded kidneys could be recycled to produce replacement organs

    Researchers have found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural "scaffolding material" for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques. According to the researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues, more than 2,600 donor kidneys are discarded each year in the U.S. "With about 100,000 people in the ...

  • Pushing back the tide of low-cost clothing

    In a world of cheap apparel manufacturing, Steven Borsook is an outlier.His knitwear company, which produces Parkhurst sweaters, gloves and berets, is a rare example of a clothing supplier that still makes most of its garments in Canada rather than in low-cost - and sometimes deadly - factories in low-wage countries ...

  • Nike unveils England new home kit

    The new England kit was unveiled, with the first official sighting via a picture posted on Twitter by England midfielder Jack Wilshere of a pupil at his former school wearing the jersey, demonstrating that the kit belongs to the nation, not just the players lucky enough to represent England.Following its reveal via social media, Nike has created a campaign emphasising that while the kit may ...

  • Urban Outfitters Q1 FY’13 sales rise 14

    Urban Outfitters, Inc., a leading lifestyle specialty retail company operating under the Anthropologie, BHLDN, Free People, Terrain and Urban Outfitters brands, announced net income of $47 million for the three months ended April 30, 2013. Earnings per diluted share were $0.32 for the quarter.Total Company net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 increased to a record $648 million or 14% ...

  • Students develop waterproof fabric that whisks away sweat

    Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.The new fabric works like human skin, forming excess sweat into droplets that drain away by themselves, said inventor Tingrui Pan, professor of biomedical engineering.One area of research in Pan's Micro-Nano Innovations ...


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Drop Dead Gorgeous

It's always a sad sight when a satire goes after a painfully obvious and easy target, and still manages to miss the mark. Such is the case with "Drop Dead Gorgeous," a vicious black comedy about a teen beauty pageant, one of the silliest and most intellectually indefensible rituals of modern American culture. ...

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  • Invista to show global denim AW line at Denim by PV show

    INVISTA will introduce its global denim concept collection for autumn/winter 2014/15 along with a sneak preview of the images for its new denim marketing platform at the Denim by PV show (booth H72- PICKture your Denim) on May 22 and 23 in Paris.With looks ranging from feminine to rugged, and vintage to clean, the collection encompasses innovative garments highlighting INVISTA’s key ...

  • Albany ends consultation to restructure French operations

    Albany International Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Albany International France S.A.S., has completed consultations with employee works councils regarding a proposal to restructure operations at the Company’s Machine Clothing production facilities in Selestat and St. Junien.The proposed restructuring, initially announced in November 2012, is expected to reduce employment by ...

  • US imports $7.077bn textiles apparels in March 2013

    The US has imported $7.077 billion worth of textiles and apparels in March 2013, little lower than imports of $8.339 billion worth of goods made a month earlier, according to the data released by the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel ...

  • Intelligent textiles help prevent pressure ulcers

    Research being presented at an influential patient experience summit demonstrates improved patient outcomes in the prevention of pressure ulcers with the use of Wellsense's M.A.P, the first-ever continuous bedside pressure mapping system.The research is the subject of a poster presentation at the 4th Annual Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience: Empathy and Innovation Summit at the Bank of ...

  • Netherlands to help tackle abuses in Bangla textile sector

    The Netherlands is joining forces with Bangladesh to chair a group of donor countries, companies and civil society organisations that will tackle abuses in Bangladesh’s textile industry.Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, is also making €9 million available to help improve the appalling conditions suffered by the country’s textile workers. ...

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