BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ and CARSON CITY, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Vitusa Products, Inc. and US Global Nanospace, Inc. (OTC BB: USGA) have announced that Vitusa has acquired distribution rights for US Global Nanospace's NanoFilterCX Cigarette Filter Material. Vitusa is a leading supplier of additives to the filter and tobacco filter manufacturing industries and provides marketing and distribution for many major domestic and international producers through its offices and warehouses in New Jersey, Illinois and California. Vitusa is ISO 9002 certified and is the number one provider of Glycerine and the number two provider of Triacetin to the tobacco industry. Vitusa's customers include all the major tobacco manufacturers.

David Grande, president of Vitusa Products, Inc., said, "We have been working intimately with the tobacco industry over the past 24 years and over the past three years have worked with our customers to develop and integrate materials designed to reduce smoking risk and toxin transmission. The Institute of Medicine recently reported that
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A doctor duo from Trivandrum have developed a technique to map the DNA sequencing of human beings so as to predict their future tendencies and also help fight diseases.

Ajit Kumar and Arun Kumar, both genetic experts from the city's main state-run hospitals, have developed the "Nano Geneseq Chip", which analyses the entire future genetic proposition of a human at birth itself. In layman terms the computer can, to almost 100 percent accuracy, predict how a child will grow-right from its height, colour and other physical attributes to his eating habits and even romantic tendencies. Named 'NANOGENESEQ', the chip analyses the DNA samples of newborns, taken either from blood, spinal cord or saliva, effectively making a 'genetic horoscope' of the baby....read the wave

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SUSS MicroTec AG (FWB:SMH), a leading supplier of packaging lithography and test equipment for the microelectronics and nano device markets, has recently received orders for lithography systems and coat/bake/develop tracks at Taiwan based Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL). SPIL is one of the world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing companies. This new business represents additional follow-on 300mm business from this key customer. The order includes SUSS' MA300Plus 1X Full-Field Lithography systems (1XFFL) and ACS300Plus wafer-processing cluster, in support of 300mm production ramping at SPIL's advanced wafer bumping facility in Taiwan. The shipments include key elements of SUSS' recently introduced SupraYield technology. Installations will begin in Q2 2004.
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Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. En IMEC, een Belgisch laboratorium dat een van de grootste voor nanoelectronica en technologie in Europa is, hebben een overeenkomst getekend voor de gezamenlijke ontwikkeling van een gieterij-compatibel 0,13 micron CMOS procestechnologie. Het proces zal gebaseerd zijn op de 0,13 micron platformtechnologie van IMEC en zal gemodificeerd worden om te voldoen aan de eisen van klanten....read the wave

KULIM, Malaysia & LEUVEN, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2004--Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research center based in Belgium, today announced that they have signed an agreement for a joint development project (JDP) with the intention of creating a foundry-compatible 0.13-micron CMOS process technology. The process will be based on IMEC's 0.13-micron platform technology and modified to meet the requirements of wafer foundry customers.
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Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) have announced the issue of a key production process patent for growing single-wall carbon nanotubes on supported catalyst. This patent (U.S. 6,692,717) provides CNI with a complete package of patent coverage for all process routes that are currently considered to have commercial scale-up potential for production of single-wall carbon nanotubes. This technology is part of the intellectual property developed by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Richard Smalley and licensed exclusively to CNI by Rice University in 2001.

"This recently-issued patent, in conjunction with the entire patent portfolio, provides CNI with an exceptional intellectual property position in all the process routes currently considered to be practical for commercial production," said Dr. Smalley, Chairman of CNI and University Professor at Rice University...read the wave.

The deadline to nominate a colleague to be considered for the prestigious Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology is Wednesday, June 30, 2004.

Established in honor of Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman, two prizes, one for theory and one for experimental work, will be awarded. These prizes recognize researchers whose recent work have most advanced the achievement of Feynman's vision for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, defined as the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems.

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AMES, Iowa – At the U. S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, a basic research effort to enhance the properties of magnesium diboride, MgB2, superconductors by doping them with carbon atoms has doubled the magnetic field the material can withstand. The work may one day ease the expense associated with current superconducting materials that generate the intense magnetic fields required for such applications as magnetic resonance imaging for medical diagnostics, high-field magnets for research, and superconducting magnets for particle accelerators. The Basic Energy Sciences Office of the DOE’s Office of Science supports the fundamental research on MgB2 as part of an experimental effort on superconductivity and correlated systems at Ames Laboratory.
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Innovation Minister, John Brumby, today announced Victorian Government support for industry projects that will enable Australian business to experience the benefits of synchrotron science.

"As the Auditor-General confirms, the Australian Synchrotron, Victoria's biggest ever investment in R&D infrastructure, is running to plan, on budget and on time to start working for Australian science and industry in 2007," Mr Brumby said.

"The Victorian Government's new Industry Synchrotron Access (ISA) program will raise private sector awareness of the benefits of synchrotron based techniques in the lead up to the opening of this powerful new facility."

Globally, leading edge synchrotron science is enabling development of new products and processes. Victoria has...read the wave

By 2005, the new European Global Research Center will be home to 150 scientists and engineers, who will develop technology to support GE's future growth. Scientists at the center will conduct advanced research into enabling technologies for future products and services, working closely with the GE businesses to define the future technological needs of the company's European customers.

The center will focus on four main research areas:

-- Alternative energy generation technologies, particularly hydrogen, biomass and fuel cells;

-- Electrical systems for renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and water;

-- Specialized sensors for automotive, biological and harsh environment applications;

-- Advanced medical imaging technologies, such as ultrasound, high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and molecular imaging.
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General Electric (NYSE:GE) heeft officieel een nieuw European Global Research Center in Garching, vlakbij Munchen in Duitsland, geopend. CEO Jeff Immelt van GE opende het nieuwe technologiecentrum persoonlijk. De 'state-of-the-art' faciliteit van 10.000 vierkante meter is de laatste toevoeging aan de 4 miljard wereldwijde technologie-uitbreiding en -ontwikkeling van GE....read the wave

Space Elevators, previously an idea only in the domain of SciFi writers USA investors are now being asked to dig deep to get very high.

For more info check out this short RealPlayer movie about a Space Elevator using a nano-carbon ribbon...read the wave

Surface modification has earned an important role in the current technological world. Over the past three decades, surfaces and their coatings have improved the performance of, or protected new and existing products. Techniques usually include surface treatments, where the composition of mechanical properties are altered; or the deposition of thin films or coatings, where a different material is deposited to create a new surface. The deposition of thin films has earned an extremely important role in many kinds of industries. Ultra-thin films or nanofilms-materials that are measured in nanometers-are the next level in deposition and coating technology.

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Future Technology: UK

Soccer-Football Shirt Tells How Tired Players Are On The Pitch

Footballers ( Soccer players ) could benefit from a new hi-tech shirt that alerts managers to players’ heart rate and hydration levels.

The shirt, which has in-built pulse and sweat monitors was designed by UK Northumbria University student David Evans.

It uses ECG sensors to record the electrical activity of the heart and send signals to a computer on the team bench, alerting managers, coaches and physios to the player’s heart rate and highlighting any abnormal rhythms.

Silicon gel based strips are connected to the top of the players’ backs and react to sweat loss to monitor hydration levels, indicating when a player is fatigued or dehydrated and could need to be substituted.
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Anyone interested in Nano Textiles should have a good think about this idea…. The Editor

Like a futuristic submarine, a newly designed nanomachine would thrust itself through fluid using an unusual type of propulsion. In the June Physical Review E a research team proposes a simple, sphere-and-rod device that swims by changing its length along only one dimension. Its simplicity may make it attractive to engineers, who could use the "swimmer" to move nano-cargo through liquid environments, such as water or a bloodstream....read the wave

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Florida will use $2.5 million in federal funds to develop a synthetic lubricant for aircraft and spacecraft.

RPI's portion of the five-year-award comes to $1 million. Researchers at the school's Nanotechnology Center will use the funds to develop a lubricant that remains effective on Earth and in outer space
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Applied NanoWorks Inc. has created nanoparticles of five materials and is setting its sights on potential clients in the semiconductor industry.

Four of those products, unveiled this week, are nano-abrasives made of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, cerium dioxide and zirconium dioxide.

"These four materials are our major entry," said Eric Burnett, president and CEO of year-old Applied NanoWorks in Watervliet.
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Nano Research: USA

Spire to Develop Terahertz Laser Technology

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terahertz laser structure to be achieved using nano-engineered gallium arsenide-based layers.

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) is developing nano-engineered gallium arsenide layers for fabrication of miniature terahertz lasers under an AFOSR-funded, $99,000 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) project. Spire's compact terahertz radiation source has broad application to instruments for defense against terrorism, and biological agent detection, as well as DNA structure identification and a number of medical diagnostics. Demonstrated success on this Phase I program can lead to a Phase II program of as much as $500,000.

Spire's quantum cascade laser device consists of hundreds of nanometer-thick gallium arsenide-based layers. The laser itself is to be the...read the wave