On a recent trip to New York City, Branagan tucked a wallet-size slab of coated steel into his breast pocket--just in case of stray bullets.

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The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged that Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at a crowd of Palestinians following a funeral at Al Khader, but denied any live ammunition was used.

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The frame is no longer assembled from laser-etched wood, instead there's a powder-coated steel frame with PVC plastic sides to help shield the various moving parts and lend an air of professionalism to the affair.

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The stock market currently is focused on new stents being developed by Guidant (nyse: GDT - news - people ) and Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ), but these stents are based on the same idea as those that are currently on the market: They are made of steel, coated with a polymer.

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To prove his point, he sterilized copper and stainless steel plates, then coated them with around 10 million cells each of MRSA. The plates were then monitored under a microscope to see what happened to the bacteria.

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The long slab of steel with weatherproofing so coated and coloured it resembles a giant painting that dominates the side room is more disconcerting.

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The region had been the soot-coated centre of Germany's coal and steel industries, but mining is being wound down and steel can be forged with many fewer workers.

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