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Marine Military Expo to Premiere Robotics Obstacle Course (Popularity:  )
http://www.marinemilitaryexpos.com
Continuing a tradition of defense industry innovation, the 2008 edition of the world's largest military exposition focusing on enhanced capabilities for expeditionary forces will inaugurate a special ground robotics obstacle course. The 28th Annual Modern Day Marine Military Exposition will be held at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA, Tuesday, September 30th through Thursday, October 2nd. The robotics obstacle course will provide ground robotics manufacturers an opportunity to demonstrate their equipment ...
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Nanocomp Technologies Receives Prestigious 2008 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award (Popularity: )
http://www.nanocomptech.com
Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy-saving component products and performance materials, today announced it has received the 2008 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for materials and base technologies. Nanocomp Technologies received this award because of its unique processes to create large sheets of fabric and lengths of yarn using carbon nanotubes. Previously, the market hasn't been able to take full advantage of the special qualities of carbon nanotubes ...
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Proprietary Testing Won't Convince Public of Nanotechnology's Safety, Says Head of Texas Group (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotox.com
The rapid commercialization of nanotechnology means the industry needs to be proactive with regard to toxicity, environmental, and health issues, according to the head of a state group that promotes the industry. Kelly Kordzik, president of Texas Nanotechnology Initiative sees the EPA ruling on handling nanosilver waste as "a sign that the federal government is willing to step in," if the industry doesn't provide assurances that it's enforcing safeguards on ...
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Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering Established at Yale (Popularity: )
http://www.yale.edu
Yale University today announced the establishment of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, which will unite and expand Yale’s existing efforts in this rapidly developing science and technological frontier. An initial investment of $5.5 million will bolster the Institute’s infrastructure and initiate seed projects adding to the more than $100 million of funding already focused on these areas of investigation at Yale. The initiative is a part of ...
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VIASPACE Subsidiary Robotic Detection Proposal Competitively Selected by Army (Popularity: )
http://www.viaspace.com
VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) subsidiary Ionfinity has been notified that its Phase II proposal entitled "Advanced Robotic Detection of Chemical Agents, Toxic Industrial Gases, and IEDs for Force Health Protection" submitted to the Army Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, has been competitively selected for negotiation and possible contract award. Phase II STTR projects are for two years and up to $750,000 in funding. Ionfinity expects to enter ...
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Tiny Tweezers and Yeast Help St. Jude Show How Cancer Drug Works (Popularity: )
http://www.stjude.org
The annoying bulges of an over-wound telephone cord that shorten its reach help to explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Delft University of Technology. Using both a type of nanotechnology called magnetic tweezers as well as yeast cells, investigators showed that a camptothecin drug called topotecan kills cancer cells by preventing an enzyme, called ...
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Energenics Agrees Enercat Fuel Nanocatalyst Distribution With Eastern European Leader in Nanotechnology (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotrade.cz
Energenics Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energenics Holdings Pte Ltd, announced today it has recently agreed to appoint Nanotrade sro as an exclusive Eastern European distributor for its Enercat fuel borne catalyst product. Nanotrade have previously been the distributor for Oxonica's Envirox product since 2004 and were distributing in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia & Hungary. The Envirox additive tested and sold by Nanotrade from 2004 to 2007 was ...
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BioNanomatrix and Complete Genomics Receive $8.8 Million NIST-ATP Award to Develop Sequencing Platform for $100 Genome (Popularity: )
http://www.bionanomatrix.com
BioNanomatrix, Inc., a company developing breakthrough nanoscale whole genome imaging and analytic platforms, and Complete Genomics Inc. (CGI), a high- performance genome sequencing company, today announced that they have formed a joint venture that has received an $8.8 million grant award from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) to develop a system capable of sequencing the entire human genome in eight hours at a ...
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Nanophase Technologies Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call (Popularity: )
http://www.nanophase.com
Nanophase Technologies a technology leader in nanomaterials and advanced nanoengineered products, announced that the Company plans to release earnings for the second quarter of 2006 on July 27 at approximately 3:00 PM CDT, 4:00 PM EDT. Nanophase has scheduled its quarterly conference call for July 27 at 4:00 PM CDT, 5:00 PM EDT, which will be hosted by Joseph Cross, president and CEO, and Jess Jankowski, CFO. The call may ...
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Know Your Nano? Free iPods to Those With High 'Nano IQ'! (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotechproject.org
Five free iPod Nanos are up for grabs! Winners will be randomly selected from entrants who successfully complete a five-question "Nano-IQ" test posted on the newly redesigned Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Web site (http://www.nanotechproject.org). The iPod Nano is one of over five hundred publicly available nanotechnology consumer products cataloged in the Project's frequently cited inventory (http://www.nanotechproject.org/consumer). The completely redesigned Web site is home to this inventory, as well as a ...
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