Debate rages over safety of BPA in everyday plastics (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)In the past month, the debate about one of the most commonly used chemicals in America has moved quickly from biotech experts and government regulators to moms and dads shopping in their neighborhood grocery stores.

Prototypes Of Soldered Lenses To Be Presented At Optatec In Frankfurt (Medical News Today)Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. One alternative is to solder them instead.When cameras and microscopes are placed in a vacuum, their functionality can be seriously impaired.

At 120, Toledo’s Libbey looks to its future (The Toledo Blade)BEFORE SOLAR panels, before axles or spark plugs, before Jeeps or scales, before insulation or glass bottles, a company came to Toledo on a train, bestowed a nickname on its new city, and never left.

Japan faces engineering shortage (International Herald Tribune)After years of fretting, Japan is now seeing a dwindling number of young people entering engineering and technology-related fields.

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