<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all<div>If you don't know about this organisation already, it's worth subscribing to <b>Materia</b>. It is based in the Netherlands and is a repository (almost wrote suppository) of information about a huge variety of materials. It's great for increasing students' awareness of new and emerging materials - some very high tech and innovative, and also about really unusual materials often from indigenous/unique cultural origin and use.</div><div>Worth subscribing to (though the occasional newsletter comes through in Dutch):</div><div><a href="http://materia.nl/">http://materia.nl/</a></div><div><br></div><div>There is a great article on their website at the moment about a lightweight and super strong polymer fibre being used for a spectacular art installation - a coloured web that 'breathes' with the wind.</div><div>Cheers</div><div>Jill<br>
<img id="fd7a7192-0348-43b6-8418-3e222b16a184" height="213" width="320" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E67FA09A-F920-4E69-84AC-5CA12882ECA0@gateway"></div></body></html>