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  1. Matrix Fibres

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    116
    NoS ID
    329552
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the...

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  2. Earth Resources Rocket

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    325505
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Britain’s ‘Blue Streak’ rocket has been adapted for high altitude photographic survey work. It’s a unique system that can reach nearly the altitude and coverage of a satellite, yet...

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  3. Atlas Of The Earth

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    325506
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: There’s more to this atlas than maps... it sets out to satisfy our curiosity about the various forms of life on Earth, and to relate the development of the Earth and us to time and space.

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  4. Leafless Pea

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    325507
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Earth resources are limited, and it’s up to us to make the best possible use of them. The crops we grow are among the most important, and this is just one example of the work geneticists are...

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  5. Water Resources

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    325508
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Water is vital to our food and to us, yet even in countries with heavy rainfall we are close to using more than Nature can supply. In North Wales they’re using computer control and rain...

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  6. Earth Resources Rocket

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329553
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Britain’s ‘Blue Streak’ rocket has been adapted for high altitude photographic survey work. It’s a unique system that can reach nearly the altitude and coverage of a satellite, yet...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  7. Atlas Of The Earth

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329554
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: There’s more to this atlas than maps... it sets out to satisfy our curiosity about the various forms of life on Earth, and to relate the development of the Earth and us to time and space.

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  8. Leafless Pea

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329555
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Earth resources are limited, and it’s up to us to make the best possible use of them. The crops we grow are among the most important, and this is just one example of the work geneticists are...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  9. Water Resources

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329556
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Water is vital to our food and to us, yet even in countries with heavy rainfall we are close to using more than Nature can supply. In North Wales they’re using computer control and rain...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  10. Survival Bag

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    120
    NoS ID
    325516
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: A survival pack the size of a soap tablet, and weighing rather less. It’s a form of sleeping bag made of mylar, the plastic of space exploration and its reflective surface keeps the heat in...

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