SALEM, NH -- (MARKET WIRE) -- The NanoBreeze™ Car Air Purifier from NanoTwin Technologies uses photocatalytic nanotechnology to clean and purify the air inside the passenger compartment of any motor vehicle. Motor vehicles emit several pollutants that EPA classifies as known or probable human carcinogens. EPA estimates that motor vehicles account for as much as half of all cancers attributed to outdoor sources. One fact is clear: vehicles are such an integral part of our society that virtually everyone is exposed to their emissions.

The NanoBreeze Car Air Purifier is a dashboard accessory that decomposes the harmful gases from fuel or tobacco smoke, airborne germs or allergens, odors from mildew or trash, and the fumes from plastics, finishes, perfumes and cleaners. The product oxidizes both volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and bioaerosols...read the wave

WESEL, Germany, /PRNewswire/ -- The products are marketed under the tradenames NANOBYK-3600 and NANOBYK-3601. They have been developed to improve scratch and wear resistance of UV-coatings that can also be applied to plastics (e.g. as a top coat for Vinyl Floorings). NANOBYK-3600 is a water-based dispersion of nano-Alumina particles...read the wave

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ATLANTA-- Emory University scientists have for the first time used a new class of luminescent "quantum dot" nanoparticles in living animals to simultaneously target and image cancerous tumors. The quantum dots were encapsulated in a highly protective polymer coating and attached to a monoclonal antibody that guided them to prostate tumor sites in living mice, where they were visible using a simple mercury lamp. The scientists believe the ability to both target and image cells in vivo represents a significant step in the quest to eventually use nanotechnology to target, image, and treat cancer, cardiovascular plaques, and neurodegenerative disease in humans....read the wave

ST. LOUIS, /PRNewswire/ -- Kereos, a biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics and molecular imaging agents for the treatment and detection of cancer and cardiovascular disease, have announced that it has been selected as one of the "Fierce 15" for 2004 by FierceBiotech,an internationally-recognized publication for the biotech industry. Kereoswas chosen as one of the top emerging biotechnology companies from more than 500 privately held firms for the company's vision, management expertise, and
overall potential to change the way disease is treated...read the wave

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Red Storm will be faster, yet smaller and less expensive, than previous supercomputers, say researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories, where the machine will be assembled.

The first quarter of the $90 million, 41.5 teraflops (trillion operations/second) machine should be installed at Sandia by the end of September and fully up and running by January, says Bill Camp (Sandia's Director of Computation, Computers, Information and Mathematics), who heads the effort to design and assemble the innovative machine....read the wave

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From Dr Reinhard Quick.

Sir, In his brilliant analysis of the next European Commission's priorities, André Sapir rightly recognises that "what European industry needs is more opportunities for companies to enter new markets, more retraining of labour, greater reliance on market financing and higher investment in both research and development and higher education" ("Higher growth should be Barroso's priority", July 22).

Unfortunately he forgets to mention that the next Commission should...read the wave

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--BioDelivery Sciences International (Nasdaq:BDSI) announced today it has come to an oral understanding to license to Sigma-Tau S.p.A., the right to utilize BioDelivery's proprietary formulation and delivery technology in connection with different compounds, with particular focus in the area of oncology.

Under the terms of the proposed licensing agreement, which is...read the wave

Nanotube and nanohorn
Future real key player of nanotechnology

by Sumio IIJIMA

Professor, Meijo University and Director, Research
Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

"I really don't want people to exaggerate carbon nanotubes too much. I want them to leave the tubes alone a little more," says Prof. Iijima, the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. He now thinks that commercial applications of carbon nanohorns will be realized much earlier than those of carbon nanotubes.

Unlike carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns can be made simply without the use of a catalyst. Carbon nanohorn aggregates can be produced with a yield of more than 90% through laser vaporization of carbon at room temperature. These aggregates have a dahlia-like shape with a large number of horn-shaped short single-layered nanotubes that stick out in all directions...read the wave

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)---Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) have announced the allowance of a U.S. Patent for contacting single-wall carbon nanotubes with catalytic metal and then activating the catalyst. The technology provides CNI with important coverage for the use of single-wall carbon nanotubes in applications where they support metal catalysts, such as in fuel cell electrodes. 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

-- Provides patent coverage for applications where single-wall carbon nanotubes function as a catalyst support

-- Along with recently-allowed coverage for doping single-wall carbon nanotubes with non-carbon atoms, establishes a strong patent position for new fuel cell electrodes ...read the wave

Global nanotechnology company pSivida Limited (ASX: PSD), is pleased to announce that its UK operating subsidiary pSiMedica Limited has been granted a further Australian patent for BioSilicon

Australian Patent Number 771329 relates to the invention of orally administrable pharmaceutical products (eg tablets, capsules, pellets and powders) that comprise porous and/or polycrystalline silicon (BioSilicon). Oral administration of drugs remains the most favoured route of treatment, being painless and enabling the
patient to self-administer.

One of the key issues associated with oral delivery is the stability of ...read the wave

SCHARDING, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)---EV Group (EVG), a global supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment, have announced that it has shipped an EVG850 production bonder to a new U.S. customer, Umicore Semiconductor Processing (USP) in Boston. The EVG850 features EV Group's low-temperature, plasma-bonding technology.

USP produces ultra-flat and thin silicon and bonded thick-film silicon-on-insulator (SOI) for a variety of applications, including MEMS, MOEMS, microelectronics and optoelectronics. USP is part of Umicore, the Belgian precious-metals and advanced-materials producer. Umicore plans to develop engineered substrates for micro- and opto-electronics applications...read the wave