It is true that blue-collar, unionized, metal-bending shops that employed workers by the thousands are gone.
The nodules are known to contain up to 28% metal - 10 times the proportion found on land.
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That led him to work with Kashefi, whose research focuses micro organisms, specifically metal-reducing organisms.
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What's left--a collection of metal-bashing automotive and aeronautical businesses--has been labeled "the rump" by its critics.
The ensemble came complete with a gunmetal crystal necklace and green velvet metal-heel pumps.
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This wide-barreled, metal-bodied pen has the heft and balance of a fine writing instrument.
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Lithium-ion batteries are lighter, more efficient and more powerful than nickel-metal-hydride batteries used in first-generation hybrids.
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The go-ahead deputy leader of the metal-workers' union, Walter Riester, has become his shadow labour minister.
They found a metal-like shine on the leaves, indicating that the upper and lower epidermis were dying.
Keep seized phones in metal-plated Faraday bags or other radio-frequency-shielded container until their data can be copied.
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Metal-forming technologies, and the machine tool industry, continue to be the industrial backbone for any industrial economy.
In the US, those are primarily makers of catalytic converters, along with the metal-alloying and ceramic-making sectors.
When Robbins was a toddler, he was fitted with the first of a series of metal-and-leather leg braces.
Metal-heavy knights led France to breed bigger, stronger horses, which meant major productivity advances in plowing and transportation.
Panda then bought some old metal-stamping equipment from a plant that General Motors was shutting down in Ohio.
Nickel-metal-hydride batteries use neodymium, cerium, lanthanum and praseodymium, none of which are used in more efficient lithium-ion batteries.
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Two years ago he picked up a metal-gray 'Vette in Kentucky and spent 14 days cruising across the country.
In other words, we are likely to see long-term demand from these populations for gold and precious metal-related assets.
His father, Ravi Pazhani, a slight man with metal-frame glasses, sat behind him.
Metal-processing facilities already face contamination problems when they inadvertently accept medical devices and other radioactive products, Mr. Danjczek said.
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Metal-rubber mirrors would be light and rugged, and would be ideal for use in cameras, space probes or satellites.
Its product, which consists of sheets of glass with a metal-oxide coating, was first used in skylights in 2003.
Prof Blom conceded that "all hips fail" so some would fail regardless of whether they were metal-on-metal or combination.
What is happening in Pune is more sophisticated than epic feats of metal-bashing.
The structure contained the first rolled iron beams, developed and manufactured by Peter Cooper in anticipation of the metal-framed skyscraper.
Magna is two years ahead of competitors such as Dana and Tower Automotive in the latest metal-bending art, high-pressure hydroforming.
Metal-like details can be added to exteriors to make it look more historic or authentic without hiring a specialty crew.
As October ended, 19% of metal-workers were officially out of work, and half of those left were on short time.
Its new Windows Phone flagship marks the company's return to metal-bodied smartphones, and in the process, it's become both lighter and thinner.
"Historically, we are the metal-benders of metal-benders, " says Beresford with some relish.
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