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Because components differ a great deal in terms of size, raw material bases and manufacturing methods, it's hard to see them as one monolithic industry.
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Other methods of depositing thin layers of material on objects may be more familiar, but most have limits to their usefulness.
ECONOMIST: MONITOR
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The case has become a major embarrassment for Canada as its military and government struggle to explain how the former navy officer was able to use such primitive methods to copy and convey his material and remain undetected for so long, our correspondent adds.
BBC: Prison for Canadian navy officer turned Russian spy
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These modern methods bring a far broader range of material and, even more important for those keen on knowledge, far more possibilities for lateral thinking.
ECONOMIST: Encyclopedias on CD-ROM
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The project will ensure that the archive cataloguing and conservation methods are up to date, and that all material has been correctly recorded.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - A relic to a forgotten era: over a century of material documenting the medically incarcerated linked with Wellcome Trust in new project
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Head of the project Prof Val Marinov said that the process is twice as fast as current methods of manufacturing and is cheaper because there is less material used and the equipment is less expensive.
BBC: US engineers develop smart RFID-enabled paper
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With the help of advanced computer technology used to design fighter planes, he has been able to calculate structure, curvature, material and cost so accurately that forms impossible to create and build through traditional methods can now be brought in on budget and on time.
WSJ: New Guggenheim: Art and Architecture as One | By Ada Louise Huxtable
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Other companies are also in the business of making DNA for drug companies and other research organizations, which save time by using newer DNA synthesis methods instead of laboriously copying cells and inserting or deleting bits of genetic material.
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