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New Textiles Lab Aims to Advance Functionality of Protective Garments
Jul 21, 2008 |
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A new facility at North Carolina State University will help provide increased protection to first responders by testing their turnout gear against potentially harmful chemical and biological threats.
Researchers to Develop Next Generation Chemical and Biological Agent Protective Clothing
Sep 19, 2005 |
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An international team announced today that they have come together to develop critically needed protective garments for first responders to natural disasters and bio-terror attacks. The garments will provide military and ...
Does 'sun-protective' clothing work?
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Dear EarthTalk: Is there really such a thing as "sun-protective clothing"? If so, does it mean I can dispense with oily sunscreens once and for all? (John Sugarman, San Diego, Calif.)
Garments treated with metallic nanoparticles prevent colds and flu
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 03, 2007 |
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Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken "functional clothing" to a whole new level. They have designed a garment that can prevent colds and flu and never needs washing, and another that ...
High-tech textiles pave the way for glowing garments
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed high-tech battery-powered textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark.
Finding a protective mechanism for retinal cells could save sight
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November ...
Nanotech protection: Current safety equipment may not be adequate for nanoprotection
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology, Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that approp ...
Smart clothes can improve occupational safety
Mar 24, 2005 |
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”Smart clothes” are clothes that employ new technologies: technological developments have made it possible to integrate electronic components into conventional garments. In demanding conditions, such as working in heavy industries, ...
Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction—and the reverse, overconsumption—produce protective effects against aging ...
NIST Bullet Tests Make Frangibles More Tangible
Jun 08, 2006 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are measuring precisely the disintegration of “frangible” bullets when they strike a surface to better understand how the ammunition might affect ...
Preventing allergies
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Vaccination can lower children's risk of allergy. Cathleen Muche-Borowski and her coauthors present a clinical practice guideline for allergy prevention in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch ...
Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...
Some color shades offer better protection against sun’s ultraviolet rays
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays -- but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing -- should think blue and red, rather than yellow. ...
Herbal tonic for radiotherapy
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Antioxidant extracts of the leaves of the Gingko biloba tree may protect cells from radiation damage, according to a study published in the International Journal of Low Radiation. The discovery may one day be used to hel ...
Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer
Oct 26, 2009 |
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A common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular aging and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from ...
