The polymers return to a pre-defined shape when heated to a certain temperature, and, when damage is detected, an infrared laser sends light through the network to the damaged area, triggers the shape-memory, and commands the area to repair the crack or tear -- regaining up to 96 percent of its original strength.
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This is a great opportunity for the public to help shape policy in an important area of science, health, and environmental stewardship.
His policy revolves around this government's innovation of neighbourhood plans - groups of residents, villages, parish councils, interest groups set up to shape planning decisions in a given area but whatever mix, all designated by a local authority.
He sits inside a hexagonal shape - the same shape, says Weidner, as the launch pad area of Apollo 11.
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With 15 minutes played Paul Burns tried to lift the Doonhamer's spirits with a promising run into the penalty area, but found opposition in the shape of his team-mate Stewart Kean and the move dried up.
So it does become pretty lucrative in some ways and I think for an area that's already in bad shape and that's not reviving all that quickly, it becomes very lucrative cash for certain people who are willing to take the risk.
Whilst nearly all of the women knew that a lump in the breast could be a symptom of breast cancer, 93% did not know all the other possible symptoms, such as a change in breast size or shape, a rash of the nipple or surrounding area, pain that is unrelated to periods or puckering of the skin.
The A3 e-tron sports two Sanyo liquid-and-air-cooled battery packs, one under the trunk area and the other in a T-shape under the passenger compartment.
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The astronomers are particularly intrigued that the radio-emitting area immediately surrounding the event horizon has an elongated shape.
The area's new tranport system may start to shape the pattern of growth, as developers put their offices and houses within easy reach of it.
There may already be faster and easier ways for people to engage with the planning process - perhaps by trying to help shape the local plan dawn up by the council for the whole area covered by the local authority.
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"This was an area we knew we couldn't veer in any way shape or form, and we'd be crazy to, " Feldman said.
The shape of domestic deregulation differs in each of the four countries, and has been an area of controversy.
By using a tapered cylindrical shape, internal standing waves and resonances are unable to collect to a measurable degree in any area within the enclosure, and in fact cancel themselves out at various frequencies.
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