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An experimental device made from layered filter paper is helping Rice University bioengineers study calcifying heart diseases. The filter paper is structured in a way that mimics the layering of aortic heart valves, recreating the means by which cells spread through cardiac tissue in a laboratory setting. It may not look much like a heart valve, but in practice it simulates the proliferation process in the same way.

The European Commission has launched a consultation exercise on policy options for a further reduction of plastic waste. Green Paper will be an integral part of the wider review of the waste legislation that will be completed in 2014.

List: As we prepare hungrily for Pancake Day, what should tech companies give up for lent? IT & tech pros tell CBR what they think should be given up for 40 days and 40 nights. Pancake traditionalist with lemon and sugar, or more continental with a Nutella approach?

Steinel hot air gun Ultraheat SV 900 and hot air gun HL 1400S Aktion heat shrink gun suitable for quick and even flameless heat shrink packaging of PVC and PE (polyolefin) shrink films on corrugated cartons and paper boxes. For maximum benefits use Pammvi's hot air blower with surface nozzle.

First Response Expertise on Site: Riser Insertion Tube Top Kill - Junk Shot Relief Well Boom Deployment What is Being Done? booms and skimmers. BP pledges $500m for research into marine environment. topics including: − How do oil, dispersed oil and dispersant behave on the seabed, in the water column, on the surface, and on the shoreline? − Does it help or hinder bio-degradation? For more read at : http://energy.wesrch.com/pdfTR17TE0L2OKVN

Administrator's CWA SDWA Prioritie: Foster new technologies that address broad array of contaminants Legal Considerations: In Entergy decision, Supreme Court Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska Exxon paid cleanup Jury awarded punitive damages Supreme Court decision limiting Exxon's punitive damages under maritime law Did the Supreme Court set ratio of use to non-use? For More Read at : http://energy.wesrch.com/pdfTR1AU1G3HAHJR

Chip making stocks ended the first week of June lower. They still managed to outperform the broad market, entering the week with the tailwind of the WSTS report and a VLSIresearch report of IC sales and electronics sales activity in the last week of May. By Thursday's close, chip making stocks held a weekly gain of more than 1%. However, the mood turned sour on Friday. Taiwan posted mixed results. The hot stock of the week was TEL, Second Lam Research and third Samsung. For more read at : http://electronics.wesrch.com/pdfEL1GP9JS8NBHG

Food packaging has become a major part of our solid waste stream, with a majority of this packaging being difficult or impossible to recycle. Edible film made from natural ingredients that protect foods coated in the material from spoiling.

The recycling of plastic film climbed 4 to reach 1 bln lbs annually in 2011 for the first time Due to growth in the plastic and composite lumber industry as well as growth in the primary market for US recovered plastic film, more than double the plastic water bottle recycling rate but PET recycling industry fails across Europe

The photovoltaic power industry is well established in many regions and despite the sometime negative perception the end user demand in 2011 was strong and the total market for new installations passed the 26 GW mark

From paper based work orders to archaic interfaces, the processes and infrastructure around monitoring and maintaining assets appear out of touch. At the European leg of Ventyx World in Barcelona, the companies research and development team explain why Google Glass and an influx of youthful, tech savvy workers will usher in a new era of mobile maintenance.