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Monica Dobie

Manchester

Researchers at the University of Manchester, northwest England, have developed high-tech, battery-powered textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark without a reflective light source.

These electroluminescent (EL) yarns, invented by the university’s William Lee Innovation Centre (WLIC) have the potential to be incorporated into clothing worn by cyclists, joggers and pedestrians.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

RESEARCHERS at the University of Manchester, northwest England, have developed high-tech, battery-powered textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark without a reflective light source.

These electroluminescent (EL) yarns, invented by the university’s William Lee Innovation Centre (WLIC) have the potential to be incorporated into clothing worn by cyclists, joggers and pedestrians.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEED to limit particulate matter in Britain and continental western Europe has been underlined by the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest assessment of pollution in Europe. In its fourth annual environmental health check of Europe, central Asia and Asiatic Russia, the agency concluded that much of western, central and south east Europe, especially urban areas, "experience daily average PM10 concentrations in excess of 50 ?g/m3…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

APPALLING drinking water quality problems still pose major health hazards for some south-eastern Europe countries wanting to join the European Union (EU), the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest assessment of European pollution has concluded. For example, Albania’s "urban water rarely has even preliminary treatment" through "the lack of adequate…facilities and the unreliable supply of chemicals."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared illegal rules that insist European Union (EU) students wanting to study in a foreign EU state must continue a course subject they have already begun in their home country, if they want to receive a grant from the government of the country where they normally live.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally announced today (15-10) that England’s Staffordshire cheese, as well as traditional vegetable products from Germany and Spain, plus a German fish product, have been granted geographical indication protection within the European Union (EU).…

BY MARK ROWE

LORRIES are increasingly being stolen for their value as scrap and recycled materials, UK authorities have warned the road haulage industry. The rise in thefts of lorries has been blamed partly on the high prices now paid for scrap metal on the international markets – driven in part by China’s insatiable demand for metal – and on thieves who have realized that almost any part of a lorry, from wheel hubs to side panels, axles, catalytic converters, a plastic chair or the gold in the wiring looms has a recyclable value.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE MONEY Laundering Bulletin has found effects of the European Union’s (EU) second money laundering directive’s (2MLD) extension of EU anti-money laundering regulations to a range of businesses and professions are complicated by differences in the definition of the professions between the 27 member states.…

BY MARK ROWE

WEATHER-resistant and anti-corrosion coatings and sealants are being developed with the aid of nanotechnology that will significantly enhance the lifetime operation of buildings and property across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Most of the developments are expected to be particularly welcome in the Asia-Pacific region, where the hot and humid climate imposes a more onerous regime on paints and coatings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GROUNDBREAKING deal protecting traditionally-made food products in overseas markets is under way. In the first European Union (EU) agreement of its kind, the European Commission formally applied to register 10 EU food products within China’s geographical indications system and vice versa.…