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...making a slalom suit with d3o for the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams. Swiss company Ribcap is putting d3o into soft ski caps. d3o management is also discussing military opportunities. And as d3o becomes cheaper to produce, it could be used in cars, soundproofing and police and paramedic gear. Then there are football, baseball, rugby, polo, cricket. The prospects for d3o and its "intelligent molecules" suddenly look endless...
...White dealt with the Halloween costume rush. She said it’s the 34th the store has seen. A seasoned Cambridge entrepreneur, White knew about the various costume-themed parties happening around campus this weekend.One group of Harvard girls came into the store to pick out pimp gear to wear to Adams House’s Sweet ’N Nasty party, White said.Many Harvard students will buy several costumes for various theme-parties they will attend over the weekend, she said.But for the procrastinating Halloween partyer, prepared costumes are the preferred choice. At Hootenanny, sexy...
...with a design that achieves 35% better fuel economy than the best-selling Ford Explorer. For only $760 more, that green SUV could be on the road. Combining the usual body-on-frame design into a lighter "unibody" would boost fuel economy as much as 8%. Add a sixth gear to the transmission, lower-friction lubricants and electronic valve controls, and you would be up another 17%. Even redesigning side mirrors to cut wind resistance would help. If automakers improved the fuel economy of SUVs and pickup trucks by 35%, the U.S. would save 1 million...
...emphasis—Rowing Association was born.Besides a team name, participants’ names also had to be registered. Golden, who is known for her impressive trapezius muscles, went with Traps, while Rose, who considered concentrating in VES, selected Artiste.So Traps Golden and Artiste Rose packed up their gear, arranged for a trailer to transport their boat, and set out to conquer our great neighbor to the north.Then the trouble began.“Our names wouldn’t have been a problem, but they ID you when you go to the docks,” Rose said. Lacking...
...Harvard is part of a larger national pattern, according to OIP director Jane Edwards and Associate Dean of the College Georgene B. Herschbach, administrators and faculty want to address the discrepancy.“We have to redouble our efforts—and we know that—to gear toward students in the sciences,” Edwards says. “If you actually look at our scientists...they’re often travelling all over the world.”But students in the sciences are not queuing up to go abroad—and many administrators...