Built from HP's industry-leading server intellectual property (IP) and 10 years of extensive research from HP Labs, the company's central research arm, HP Moonshot delivers a significant improvement in energy, space, cost and simplicity.

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The bills' polymer material was exposed to temperatures as high as 284 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as minus-103 degrees in the central bank's laboratories and in a series of independent labs, according to Martine Warren, chemist and scientific adviser at the Bank of Canada.

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