SILICONE

How uber-Liberal Nick Clegg is living the Californian dream in Silicone Valley

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Nestled in the heart of California‘s Silicon Valley, the sleepy hamlet of Atherton has been crowned ‘America’s most expensive zip code’ for each of the past four years. The average house costs £5 million and the 7,000 uber-wealthy residents include tech titans Eric Schmidt, former head of Google, and Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. … Read more

MIT scientists design a $15 reusable SILICONE face mask

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Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a reusable face mask that can be sterilized and worn over and over, while providing as much protection as an N95 mask.  In fact, their new mask, made of silicon and rubber, incorporates N95 filters, but is made out of slick materials that are highly impermeable … Read more