In essence, Quasam can be thought of as a carbon nanotube that has been sliced open and laid flat.

ECONOMIST: MONITOR

Hosting an Asia-Pacific trade summit in Hawaii a few days earlier, Mr Obama laid out the case for open, liberal trade in Asia.

ECONOMIST: America reaches a pivot point in Asia

The scientists found more than two hundred bones in open crates or laid out neatly on tables, like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

The prepped-foods section is laid out like a pungent open-air bazaar.

FORBES: Marketing

With large open tables and a laid back atmosphere, The Archive encourages like-minded people to mingle.

BBC: Dubai��s toilet block cafe

Democrats laid out a plan for honest leadership and open government.

NPR: Democrats Pledge to Raise Ethics; Experts Await

Rodriguez, a former jockey and Vyjack's morning exercise rider, knows the best-laid plans are scrambled the moment the gate springs open on Saturday.

WSJ: Vyjack's trainer puts his faith in jockey

The question of how much of the ambitious agenda laid out in the article will ever actually be implemented is an open one.

FORBES: Putin's "Eurasian Union" - Not a Bad Idea!

Now he faces open revolt from journalists on the Sun, the paper which laid the foundations of his media empire with its "soaraway" success in the 1970s.

BBC: Eye of the storm

On top of this base sits the open air stadium with its artificial running track and grass pitch laid above the concrete roof of the car park.

BBC: Stade Louis II

First, we'll open new doors to higher education and job training programs to recently laid-off workers who are receiving unemployment benefits.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on New Training for New Job Creation