(SkyNewswire.com) --- Researchers in North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a method for predicting the ways nanoparticles will interact with biological systems - including the human body. Their work could have implications for improved human and environmental safety in the handling of nanomaterials, as well as applications for drug delivery.

NC State researchers Dr. Jim Riviere, Burroughs Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and director of the university's Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics, Dr. Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, professor of investigative dermatology and toxicology, and Dr. Xin-Rui Xia, research assistant professor of pharmacology, wanted to create a method for the biological characterization of nanoparticles - a screening tool that would allow other scientists to see how various nanoparticles might react when inside the body.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Genadyne Biotechnologies a US based developer and manufacturer of negative pressure wound therapy systems, non-powered and powered pressure relieving therapeutic surfaces, has been awarded a new multi-year contract by the Department of Veteran Affairs.

The five-year contract will cover veterans for support surfaces and negative pressure wound therapy systems.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- A recent patent is promising to revolutionize the skin care industry. Collagen Building Factor™, invented by self-taught biochemist Kevin J. Meehan, OMD, was granted U.S. Patent No. 7,700,083 on May 20, 2010. Collagen Building Factor™ works in alignment with the biochemistry of the body to correctly produce healthy collagen naturally, and rejuvenate skin.

“The proprietary application of zinc finger technology provides skin cell DNA with the nourishment required to repair damaged skin, restore even pigmentation and fortify the skin’s own immune system,” says Tharon LeBlanc, CEO of OrthoMolecularUSA.com.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Growth Hormones Direct publishes natural growth hormone articles and news items that are accessible to the public online. The frequent additions to the growing database of industry specific info is a benefit to both individuals currently being treated with a natural hormone treatment or homeopathic HGH formula and those who are considering treatment.

The availability of official study results and research on the benefits and effects of natural growth hormone, HGH, and homeopathic growth hormone formulas continue to increase. Growth Hormones Direct will continue to publish findings and results to aid individuals in pinpointing accurate treatment and obtaining the appropriate products.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Over the summer months it is easy to lose sight of the benefits gained from using energy-saving lighting products. We are all outdoors more often right now and can forget that the natural sunshine we are experiencing is already starting to set sooner and that the morning light doesn't rise as early as it did just a few weeks ago.

Superior is redoubling its efforts to inform the commercial market that it can go "green" while bringing the natural sunlight indoors for the benefit of all as the days grow shorter. "The combination of [our] hi-tech lighting products and the fact that these products save all their accounts on time, energy and effort has always been the keystone to our success," says Tom Mosher, a member of Superior's executive staff. Tom continues and announces that, "For companies considering the use of our quality products they will certainly receive the benefits from investing in their lighting products by gaining the advantages of working under "corrected light" and increasing "seeability".

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Universal waste containers that could be transported by common carrier were first introduced in 1998. The first containers were primarily used to ship fluorescent lighting. Initially, these containers were simple corrugated boxes, with some including a plastic bag inside the box. Since the contents were made of glass, they were designed primarily to contain the contents within the shipping container. However, since mercury begins to vaporize at 70 degrees F, packaging improvements were needed to address the issue of potential mercury vapor release in the event of breakage during accumulation and transport. Read more about packaging designed to contain mercury vapor on our "Layers of protection: packaging used fluorescent lamps" post: vaporlok.blogspot.com/2010/05/layers-of-protection-packaging-used.html.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Green Irene LLC, the national green consulting firm, announces the launch of its first branded line of products, Green Irene Enzyme Cleaners.

"These chemical-free cleaners clean better than other green cleaning methods because they are powered by plant-based enzymes," said Rosamaria Caballero, co-founder of Green Irene.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- WaterTectonics, an international leader in on-site water treatment technology and services, is pleased to announce the company has been granted General Use Level Designation (GULD) from the Washington State Department of Ecology for its WaveIonics Electrocoagulation Subtractive Technology (ECST). The company's innovative WaveIonics ECST is one of only two approved methods for treatment of stormwater runoff on construction sites in the state of Washington. The GULD designation will make the system more broadly accessible statewide, as it is now an approved method for Erosion and Sediment Control on construction sites.

The WaveIonics system is consistently a "go-to" technology for high-volume construction projects in the greater Seattle region, including those discharging to Western Washington water bodies with sensitive ecosystems, such as Puget Sound, Lake Washington, and the Columbia River. The system has also been implemented as a permanent industrial stormwater treatment solution at multiple facilities across Washington and Oregon. High profile construction projects in the greater Seattle region that have effectively used the WaveIonics system include Microsoft's West Campus in Redmond, the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton, and St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- There are three things every individual wants: a method to lower, even possibly eliminate utility bills; lessen the drain on our world natural resources; and stop water and air pollution (greenhouse gases and CO2). Inventor Peter Paul Sumaruck’s technology can remedy these three major concerns of the world today. There is no doubt that his power production system successfully produces large amounts of power - electricity without batteries, no emissions so no pollution. Mr. Sumaruck has the technology - over 30 patents pending. Now Pete wants many, many private individuals to use this power production system, thereby changing the way power/energy is produced in the United States and Internationally. He wants to help individuals more in control of their standards of living.


Now Mr. Sumaruck will offer one day seminars in the technology of power production, given at hotels around the United States. He will be teaching his audiences, how to build a 50 kW Zero-Amp Tech power production system that will be able to power their home. Attendees of the seminars should not bring components with them. Pete is not in interested in selling generators, transmissions, etc; he is offering knowledge. Pete can suggest the best components to use but he is not trying to profit from their sales. Attendees will not receive patent rights, and must sign a release not to adopt nor expand his technology. A seminar admission ticket (per individual, no groups, no one under 21), will give attendees blueprints and verbal instructions on the construction of a 50kW unit - they will see exactly how the unit works. Until now, this information has been secret and proprietary. This technique of information-building is a powerful and unique concept, and Peter Sumaruck is a great communicator - he is knowledgeable, but very practical, and always hands on.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Amplidata have been named the "Best Cloud Storage Solution" at the Cloud Computing World Series Awards 2010. Amplidata, an innovator in next-generation distributed storage technology for public and private clouds, announced today that the Cloud Computing World Forum has awarded them the 2010 award for Best Cloud Storage Solution. The prestigious Cloud Computing World Series Award was presented to Amplidata at the Cloud Computing World Forum 2010 award event held at the Olympia Conference Centre in London, England.


“Cloud Computing World Forum recognizes our unique approach to replace RAID as the main technology for high-available and power-efficient storage systems” said Wim De Wispelaere, CEO Amplidata. “Disks nowadays have capacities of a TerraByte or more and on-line data is required to be always available. Building large scale storage systems by applying RAID redundancy technology on high capacity disks leads to long rebuild times and unacceptable exposure to data loss. Amplidata foresaw this issue years ago and developed a unique set of technologies that enables customers to deliver extremely high availability and scalability at a fraction of the cost.”

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Terapede, LLC announces the recent granting of U.S. Patent 7,745,301 for its 3D chip-to-chip interconnect technology. Appropriately named Terapede® technology, the patented technology is a process for producing and aligning ultra-high-density conductive pads (in the order of 8e7/cm2, as compared to 1e4/cm2 for ball-grid arrays (BGAs) and vias) on wafer chips for interconnection.

Because the conductive pads are so small, capacitance is very low, thereby enabling the Terapede® technology to provide for high-speed communications (4+GHz, as compared to BGAs and vias at 100MHz) between interconnected chips. Company officials believe that products that will use this technology will be wide ranging, especially in image collection and processing areas, and will provide chip designers with design capabilities never before possible. The company's website, www.terapede.com, provides additional information about the Terapede® technology.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- R.J. Hanlon, innovator of “Clean-Room Robot Covers” has released the revolutionary product ENViRO-FiLM™ coverings, a patent pending process that separates paint from the film coverings. This new covering allows equipment a quality protective barrier and then dissolves in water after use, eliminating waste.


ENViRO-FiLM™ coverings will change the way the automobile industry thinks of traditional robot covers. The material is fiber free, chemical resistant, and nontoxic. Custom designed covers can be used for several different industrial applications, including forming robot covers a­­nd booth masking in high quality paint finishing systems. "ENViRO-FiLM™ coverings are an innovative product to protect various aspects of the manufacturing process while also making an environmental impact," said Rob Hanlon, vice president. "One small change in your finishing process will yield huge results."

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Most people tend to believe that a magnetic power generator is highly complex and is not a job for the ordinary. But the truth is far away from it; this generator is extremely easy to assemble and can be done even by a complete novice with a little understanding of how the entire thing works. Let us take a look at how to build this power machine which can generate magnetic electricity and light up our homes for free.


This power generator is able to produce electricity by creating a strong magnetic field using powerful magnets. The power of the magnets is directly proportional to the amount of current generated; hence bigger homes require more powerful magnets to create enough electric power for the entire home. This type of a magnetic electricity creating generator will never run out as the power produced is used to first run the equipment and then generate current. The biggest advantage of a magnetic generator is that it produces electric current absolutely free of cost. Isn't that wonderful? Other than the initial cost of assembling the entire unit, you need not spend a penny for the electricity used. This single thought has made many people to turn towards magnetic electricity as they are tired of having to pay huge power consumption bills.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- American Institute of Renewable Energy (AIRE) and Eko Nation Inc officials announced a strategic alliance based on a shared vision for unified Renewable Energy Training programs and project development. This alliance will allow both companies to offer cost effective Renewable Energy job training programs on Solar, Wind, and project development which will stimulate the local economy and help develop sustainability in the Florida Keys.


Seminars will be a casual informative event where people can learn more about Renewable energy, Solar training and Wind power technology, Basic system design, Green career development, Job placement, NABCEP Certification and Government Policies related to renewable energy.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- The airless sprayer is among the most effective paint sprayers available for commercial and residential use. Highly touted for their ability to cover large areas quickly and often in less time than compressed-air models, airless spray set ups are top of the line for their quality and performance. Instead of using compressed air to push material out of the spray gun, an airless sprayer uses a piston pump to draw the paint up through the tube and push it through the hose where it is atomized at the gun and forced out through the tip in a mist. This allows the user to spray thicker materials than most spray guns could handle, as well as produce less overspray.


There are four essential parts to airless sprayers. There is the pump, which can be one of two kinds, piston or diaphragm. Both pumps perform the same function, but rely on different mechanisms to build necessary pressure. The high pressure hose used is designed to withstand the pressure built up by the pump. The gun comes in a range of grip styles with all being either 2 or 4 finger models. The tip, which regulates paint flow and fan pattern size, comes in a variety of sizes. Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer looking to spruce up your house, or a paint contractor trying to make your blow and go production blow and go just a bit faster, there is an airless sprayer designed to fit your needs. Anyone looking to buy an airless sprayer should do some shopping around to find exactly the right model. Some of the more popular brands of spray guns are Graco, Binks, Devibliss, Fuji, and Wagner.