Talking with Asus executives about their new baby, the picture emerges of a project where unusual resources were dedicated to rapid development and engineering, and unusually narrow margins and tolerances are built into the final product, in order to meet the requirements for size, weight and battery life.

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The report calls for more emphasis on engineering solutions to problems caused by rapid population growth, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Aquatic colloid science and engineering is currently undergoing a period of rapid development, driven by the emergence of a range of new and complementary techniques for the separation, fractionation and characterisation of colloidal material.

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