In Japan the government is using its fibers in experimentally wiring an entire Japanese town, Nara.
Today, optical fibers can transport 10 billion bits of data per second on a single wavelength.
In America, "cycling is something you do in man-made fibers on carbon-fiber wonderbikes, " said Colville-Anderson.
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Thermopod offers a solution in the form of biodegradable, temperature-controlled packaging made of recycled textile fibers.
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For years, the area's weavers have used banana and sisal fibers to make their wares.
There are many older optical fibers, but low-light-loss ones are vital for telephone cable.
Often, what's particularly new about these fibers is the way they're finished and dyed, she says.
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Pioneer also uses material interlaced with carbon fibers to make speakers lighter and stronger.
But fiber- and yarn-processing has improved since the first technical fibers were introduced decades ago.
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Thousands of blades of polyethylene grass, blended with optical fibers, reflect light upward from the trays.
Simple Grade 1 muscle strains are mild and only some muscle fibers are stretched or injured.
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It was a piece of wool interwoven with lycra fibers to give it natural stretch.
For several hours, the investigators collected evidence, including hair fibers, from the basement, the official said.
He designed a device that is basically a 6-inch-long broom of 50, 000 optical fibers.
And the small fibers can be left behind and filed away with the document.
They made fibers from bits of protein and then assembled them into a lattice-like structure.
The disease hinders development of the myelin sheath, a fatty covering that protects the brain's nerve fibers.
Both transmissions were on a link with G.652 fibers and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) without electrical regeneration.
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We will continue to focus on building long-term shareholder value by leading the commercialization of carbon fibers.
Today company has stakes in pipelines, refineries, fertilizer, fibers and polymers, forest and consumer products, chemical technology.
Roosting bats can get fatally entangled in the fibers, which degrades the roofing membranes, invalidating their guarantees.
New lightweight and resilient fibers are churning out within the production pipeline and consumer response has been overwhelming.
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The Vellus Aureum wool fibers must measure a mere 13.9 microns (closer to the fineness of a cobweb).
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There are flame-retardant aramid fibers, which the company has begun making for mattresses, and puncture-resistant Kevlar for tires.
His idea was to convert wood fibers into something cows could digest, by making them explode, like popcorn.
That's 10 to 100 times smaller than fibers made using conventional textile equipment.
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis vary, depending on the location of affected nerve fibers.
Private broadband providers lease access to these fibers in order to provide broadband services to members of the community.
The frame is then joined with glue and wrapped in natural fibers and affixed to its conventional metal components.
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Farmers in Bengal have used fibers from the tall jute plant for centuries to weave into bags and clothing.
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