Under a defence contract, Dr Claus's laboratory is testing a photovoltaic cell constructed from films of polymer and ceramic which feels as flexible and hardy as cloth.

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Before he signed his ten-year contract last month, he made it clear he had no interest in testing the free-agent market.

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Such is his commitment to breaking the old system that BHP has recently been testing indexed prices by selling iron ore on spot markets at well below contract prices.

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Samsung sent 30 engineers to the U.S. to study Sprint's network and began testing its phones in the U.S.A year later, Samsung won the contract.

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