He believes his animals can mass-produce drugs and highly engineered materials more cheaply and efficiently than vats and machines.

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Advances in lightweight, nanoscale-engineered materials will protect soldiers on the battlefield from bullets and shrapnel while giving them extreme mobility.

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And tiny precision-engineered materials for medical applications and prosthetics.

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Researchers have already become much better at understanding how the structure of new nano-engineered materials will behave, although the process remains largely one of trial and error because different samples have to be repeatedly manufactured and tested.

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There has been some progress with materials that can do this, including specially engineered carbon nanotubes.

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Mold in homes hasn't been tracked historically, but certain building practices like making homes more airtight, installing air-conditioning units and using materials like drywall and oriented strand board, an engineered wood product have made homes more conducive to mold growth than they were in the past, says Jeffrey May, principal scientist at May Indoor Air Investigations based in Tyngsborough, Mass.

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