One in four of those on Morningstar's Picks list are NTF funds, and the group includes such well-respected no-load outfits as Ariel, Artisan, Clipper, Janus, Marsico and Third Avenue.

FORBES: 2004 Mutual Fund Survey

The group said the new design would not affect the amount of load carried by the lorries and the lower cabs would encourage safer driving.

BBC: London

Wilhelm Meiners and his colleagues at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen, Germany, are one group working to extend the technology to print reconstructive facial plates and even load-bearing artificial joints, such as hips, which could be customised for each patient.

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