Ancient use The ancient Egyptians wore wigs to shield their shaved, hairless heads from the sun. They also wore the wigs on top of their hair using beeswax and resin to keep the wigs in place. Other ancient cultures, including the ...
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Plasma etch, deposition and thermal processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (a Bridgepoint portfolio company) has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The award recognizes the ...
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The organisers of the Lollibop kids' festival are urging "leading children's characters and toy companies" to get involved again this year. Lollibop will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London in 2013. The family event ...
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DESMI Pumping Technology A/S is to supply pump system packages for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s four new fuel tankers. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet, owned by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD), which ...
The first Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering to five men whose work was fundamental in creating the World Wide Web. Engineers Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Louis Pouzin, Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen were today announced as the ...
Engineers will determine the future economic status of Britain, says Lord John Browne, former BP CEO. “I do believe engineering is the only way to get growth in any economy,” says Browne, a past president of the Royal Academy ...
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A "floating" glass pavilion will be created as part of plans to revamp London's Southbank Centre. The glass box will become a new venue and rehearsal space after the overhaul of the Festival Wing. A new building alongside Waterloo ...
Royal fabric supplier Hainsworth, one of Britain’s most historic textile mills, will unveil its 2013 Scarlet & Argent collection at Home, London, January 13-15 (stand K10). Scarlet & Argent by Hainsworth, a stunning collection of ...
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UK - Marquee Installations has recently completed the design and installation of the audio system for the Wahaca Southbank Mexican restaurant at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Designed by renowned architects Softroom, the innovative ...
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The University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust was overloaded with case notes and referrals in paper form, resulting in misplacements of documents and unnecessary retesting of patients due to lost results. It decided to ...
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On the face of it the outlook in Europe for OEM automobile coatings looks grim at the moment. The region is estimated to have a 20 percent overcapacity in car manufacturing so that plant closures are seen to be sooner or later ...
Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
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Cartiva, a developer of orthopedic implants, has completed enrolling patients in its MOTION trial. The prospective, multi-center trial, which has enrolled 233 patients across Canada and the UK, is designed to assess the company's ...
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Designers rework Queen Elizabeth’s crown. Their own versions of the St. Edward’s Crown Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee at Harrods in London, 31 one-off crowns made exclusively by an array of iconic British and ...
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Diamond, the hardest natural material known, carries associations of endurance and longevity. These qualities, allied to the purity, magnificence and value of the stones, have for centuries led rulers to deploy diamonds in regalia, ...
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