HESS and Modumetal Nanotechnology Partnership Enters New Phase

After Phase I trials, Modumetal moves to full scale evaluation in collaboration with HESS Corporation

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 20, 2012

Modumetal, a Seattle-based firm which occupies a leadership role in the nanolaminated metal and coatings market, is embarking on a series of new collaborations and partnerships as it seeks to deepen its footprint in oil and gas markets.

Modumetal is successful because the oil and gas industry sees our technology as innovative, and our team as responsive to focusing on providing solutions and opportunities to the industry. Our reputation continues to grow as we innovate and develop material technology and coatings that will increase performance, productivity and, ultimately, the bottom line for energy companies, said Modumetal CEO, Christina Lomasney. By using our patented technology for potential Hess applications in demanding and highly corrosive and punishing environments, we will even better prepare ourselves for full-scale entry in to this market segment.

About Hess

Hess Corporation is a leading global independent energy company engaged in the exploration for and production of crude oil and natural gas, as well as in refining and in marketing refined petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. More information on Hess Corporation is available at http://www.hess.com.

About Modumetal

Modumetal, Inc. of Seattle, WA, is leading the commercialization of a unique, patented class of nanolaminated materials. These pioneering materials exemplify unprecedented performance for structural, corrosion, and high temperature applications. Modumetal is made by a sustainable electrochemical manufacturing approach, which reduces the cost and raw material consumption of conventional metals manufacturing at the same time that it revolutionizes materials performance. (http://www.modumetal.com).

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How nanotechnology can improve health

WELLINGTON, Fla. - Each day, it becomes tougher for Howard Chiet to get around his Wellington home. "I progressed from a cane to a walker, from a walker to a wheelchair," he said. On November 13, 1989, Chiet was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Chiet gave up driving a car twelve years ago. He spends his days now in a wheelchair.

"Happy where I am, if they can stop where I am right now," he said. But stopping the progression of his particular case of M.S. is not an option, even as medical researchers with Northwestern University say they have made a breakthrough using something called nanotechnology to slow or even stop the progression of some forms of M.S. in mice.

Multiple sclerosis often attacks and sticks onto a patients immune system, but researchers have found if that coat antigens in nanoparticles, can actually trick the immune system into stopping the attack on the coating around the nerves.

Some in the medical field are applauding the research, hoping that it can in fact someday be successful in helping people.

"If they can find other ways to fight multiple sclerosis where they don't have to suppress the immune system and find a way that does it safely, it's a huge breakthrough if it's going to be successful in humans," said Dr. Adam Bromberg, an emergency physician at Wellington Regional Medical Center.

80% of M.S. patients are diagnosed with relapsing remitting form of the disease and may be able to be helped with the use of this nanotechnology.

"They'll never cure me," said Chiet, who is not one of those people. But he still hopes that others living their lives like him can find answers and, in turn, relief. "If they can give you anything that will slow the progression, I'm for it," he said.

It could be years before this nanotechnology could even be considered for use in humans. But researchers say the nano-particles are made from an easily produced and already FDA approved substance.

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Nanotechnology In The Garden; Space Tech Comes Down To Earth

Vernalis, CA (PRWEB) November 20, 2012

Nanotechnology is the art and science of manipulating matter between one and one hundred nanometers in size. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter. When things are this small, they are invisible to the eye or even a light microscope.

For decades professional and amateur growers have struggled with bacteria, mold and fungal spores that destroy a plants healthy growth and proliferation. The new and original Hula Brand Perfect Planter is a combined achievement and creation of Sanctuary Soil and Feed Inc. and EcoActive Surfaces. The innovative product is a patent pending air and surface purifying design, growers appreciate and recognize as cutting edge technology.

The Hula Perfect Planter's outer OxiTitan coating electro statically traps and then kills all types of bacteria, viruses and fungal spores through the production of reactive oxygen species, especially hydroxyl radicals, which are one of the most powerful oxidizers of organics. OxiTitan is a registered product of EcoActive Surfaces, Inc. in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Sanctuary Soil and Feed are rolling out the new, reusable and recyclable planters with excitement and anticipation. The OxiTitan coating employs green photocatalytic chemistry to continuously kill all bacteria, viruses, fungal spores and reduce VOCs and odors. OxiTitan provides a self-cleaning hygienic surface that is effective indoors or out. The OxiTitan formula is applied to the natural surface of the Hula Brand Perfect Planter which physically encourages new roots to sprout and prevents plants from becoming root-bound. The convenient new Hula Planter works with soil, soilless plantings, clay and rock wool. Light energized nanotechnology powers the Hula Planter's exterior which works constantly, and does not wear out, and never needs new material to be exposed in order to be effective.

Sanctuary Soil and Feed is known and respected for a good variety of top quality grower supplies. They are a progressive Company that distributes the highly acclaimed Empire Builder, along with other extra fancy garden products, to growers such as, Big City Hydro-Mix Premium Indoor Blend, and Victory Brand Superior Garden Mix. The new Hula Perfect Planter innovation is an exciting addition to the Company portfolio.

The Hula Perfect planter can be watered using any method. Top feed, flood, or DTW as well as hand watered. It provides a cleaner and healthier environment with the safe and transparent OxiTitan Antimicrobial Coating. OxiTitan uses sunlight and/or normal interior lighting as its energy source to work around the clock, mineral oxidizing in the eco-friendly and sustainable Hula Planter. The progressive OxiTitan coating deactivates all dangerous microbes and restrains proliferation by damaging their components through radical oxidation without using diluted chemical poisons (phenols and quaternaries), dangerous pesticides (Microban) or heavy metals (silver ions).

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IEEE HIC 2012 – Keynote – Matthew O’Donnell – Video


IEEE HIC 2012 - Keynote - Matthew O #39;Donnell
Matthew O #39;Donnell Frank Julie Jungers, Dean of Engineering, University of Washington Talk Title: Is Molecular Imaging Truly Needed to Translate the Promise of Molecular Medicine into a Clinical Reality? Matthew O #39;Donnell is a native New Yorker with a high-energy, high-humor, fast-paced, and direct manner who has spent most of his academic and professional career in the Midwest. A physicist by training with undergraduate through doctoral degrees from Notre Dame, O #39;Donnell exemplifies the new breed of scientist-engineer who works across disciplines. He joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1990 as a professor of electrical engineering and computer science. In 1998, he was named the Jerry W. and Carol L. Levin Professor of Engineering and was appointed chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department in 1999. He also won several engineering teaching awards at Michigan. An expert in ultrasound imaging, O #39;Donnell #39;s initiated cutting-edge explorations of new imaging modalities in biomedicine, including ultrafast optics, in vivo microscopy, catheter imaging of coronary arteries, optoacoustic arrays, and elasticity and molecular imaging. O #39;Donnell holds 50 patents and has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications. He is associate editor of the journal Ultrasonic Imaging, is a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health Imaging Study Section, a fellow of both IEEE and AIMBE, and a member of Sigma Xi, and the American Physical Society.From:IEEEEMBSViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:19:04More inScience Technology

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Which camera? | Guardian photography guide

Your indispensable guide to buying the right camera • Plus: click here for a gallery of Dan Chung's top ten camera recommendations There's almost no such thing as a bad digital camera these days, but the choice can be bewildering. Even a few years ago it was a relatively simple choice between a compact and a digital SLR. Now there are smartphone cameras, compact system cameras, retro-style ...

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Volunteer Nutrition Project Peru – Anna Lena’s experience – Video


Volunteer Nutrition Project Peru - Anna Lena #39;s experience
Interested in volunteering abroad? Visit http://www.projects-abroad.net for more info! Anna explains about her experience at the Nutrition Project in Peru. Projects Abroad in Peru helps establish sustainable nutrition programs for the local community. Volunteers can assist to develop these projects and partake in making a difference abroad. Projects Abroad is the leading global organiser of overseas voluntary work placements. Our wide range of projects, including Teaching, Care, Conservation Environment, Medicine Healthcare, Sports, Culture Community projects and Journalism, are designed specifically for the needs of the communities in which we work, whilst giving our volunteers the very best experience of volunteering abroad.From:ProjectsabroadperuViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:56More inNonprofits Activism

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Driving through the "Evening Land" ~ Mari Boine ~ Jan Garbarek – Video


Driving through the "Evening Land" ~ Mari Boine ~ Jan Garbarek
Watch in HD (720p or 1080p), the button is in the footer browser of the video! Sorry for the shaking too much in the first minutes! When driving in a car over mountain roads in the neighbourhood of Al, I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of the mountains, the landscapes on open spots that I took my camera and filmed. But obviously it was not such a good idea to put the camera on the dashboard. The roads look smooth and perfect but because of the compressed snow the car is constantly shaking a little bit, but too much for the camera. Later I have held the camera in my hands, and that is obviously lesser bad. I have used everything anyway because I loved the tour. The tiem that it has been filmed is in fact too late to have much sunshine and light everywhere. Norway is coming more and more into darkness, and daylight will be there completely only between ten o #39;clock in the morning till three o #39;clock in the afternoon. Norway becomes more and more an "Evening Land", from October to January. On the map (detail of the tour): goo.gl Music: Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur, Mari Boine - Evening Land All filmparts are taken with my Canon HD Legria HF200 camera. The photos are from my simple, old, but wonderful Canon PowerShot A460 camera. The chauffeur was Guro 🙂 Thank you Guro, for this beautiful snow-mountain-trip. If you are interested in my photos you can visit my Panoramio http://www.panoramio.com Flickr http://www.flickr.com You can follow me on my blogs: Blog about alternative medicine ...From:ETTA48Views:11 1ratingsTime:09:55More inTravel Events

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Video Conference for School of Health Sciences, University of Calicut – Video


Video Conference for School of Health Sciences, University of Calicut
I am happy that I could conduct a Video conference with Amrita Tele-medicine department for the students and members of the faculty of School of Health Sciences, University of Calicut. The Topic was "Clinical diagnosis and use of advanced markers in thyroid disorders". We conducted it on November 14th at 4.00 pm IST, with the help of USIC o University of Calicut. Dr. Arun S Menon of Tele-medicine department, of Amrita Medical College, Ernakulam, handled the classes.From:TheTrainingclassesViews:0 0ratingsTime:05:10More inEducation

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1st ‘Dr ST Hemani Oration’ Part 1 – Video


1st #39;Dr ST Hemani Oration #39; Part 1
Dr ST Hemani is the most senior surgeon of Rajkot city and he was awarded twice by Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his selfless humanitarian services to the society. This year, Association of Surgeons of Rajkot has started an oration on his name. And This oration was delivered on 9th September 2012 by renowned Cancer surgeon of India, Dr Praful B Desai from Mumbai. The subject of the oration is "Conquest of Mortality, science, Medicine and technology #39;s final destination?"From:Dr Vimal HemaniViews:0 0ratingsTime:21:31More inEducation

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~_~ Close Up ASMR Caring in Bed Mini 1 ~_~ – Video


~_~ Close Up ASMR Caring in Bed Mini 1 ~_~
Prelude to the 3D mic test, which I hope to have up later today. I softly chat with you as a friend or mom or girlfriend (take your pick... 🙂 ) about being sleepy and why you are so important to me and let you talk about anything that might be on your mind, also why I want you to have sweet dreams in hopes that it might be the last short dose of natural sleep medicine you might need to fall into a wonderful sleep as I lull you with my voice. Sorry about the video quality and abrupt end as I made this as a very sleepy, lazy girl with my front iphone cam in low light and little to no editing. 🙂 I may wake from my delirium in the morning and decide these vids were a good or bad idea, so please make sure you let me know if you really like them ( meaning don #39;t want them removed, as I may take them down if they aren #39;t up to par for you guys, which is important thing to me. 🙂 ) Legit HD 3D Mic Test coming up soon. yay! 🙂 Travis Wolken and many others who are requesting more caretaking roleplays from me, I don #39;t consider this a full fledged fulfillment of those requests, its just a little dose of one as mentioned. If you #39;d like to continue to a slightly different and longer bedtime close up please. follow this link: http://www.youtube.com Sleep tight! x AppreciateASMR Donations happily accepted via paypal @ e-mail: appreciateasmr@gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/appreciateasmr Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/appreciateasmrFrom:AppreciateASMRViews:153 14ratingsTime:03:36More inEntertainment

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Giant Centipede swimming in a bottle – Video


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Giant Centipede swimming in a bottle i got th centipede in my orchid garden . i #39;m so scary when see it. it too big . long about 25 cm , can #39;t fit in a coca cola PET bottle i put the alcoho to the bottle to save it as a Vietnamese traditional medicine Thanks for watching , if you liked it, please book mark my chanelFrom:Nh #7853;t KhoaViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:26More inEntertainment

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Oncopolicy forum 2012: A multi-discipline approach to personalised medicine – Video


Oncopolicy forum 2012: A multi-discipline approach to personalised medicine
Whilst personalised medicine offers many benefits, these treatment options are typically very expensive and unlikely to be universally available. In this year #39;s Oncopolicy Forum, Ian Banks and Jan Geissler discuss the difficulties associated with such discrepancies in treatment availability and outline the contribution cancer patient groups and the ECCO Patient Advisory Committee, can make to informing patients about personalised therapies, and helping clinicians understand what patients expect from new treatments.From:ecancertvViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:57More inScience Technology

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Islamic Jihad terrorists targeting Kerem Shalom crossing – that brings food and medicine into Gaza – Video


Islamic Jihad terrorists targeting Kerem Shalom crossing - that brings food and medicine into Gaza
From the Saraya.ps website, November 20, 2012 The terrorists target the major crossing from which Gazans receive food, medicine and other aid, and the terrorists brag about it.From:elderofziyon2Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:34More inNews Politics

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ICCN 17: Current challenges facing the oncology nursing community – Video


ICCN 17: Current challenges facing the oncology nursing community
Birgitte Grube talks to ecancer at ICCN 17, in Prague, about the EONS guidelines, the increase of non-communicable diseases around the world and the need for patient and nurse voices to be heard. One of the main challenges nurses face is collaborating with the many different organisations in the field of oncology. In addition to the difficulty of monitoring and educating patients who receive treatment in the out-patient setting. Ms Grube also discuses policy statements of EONS in personalised medicine as many patients need to make choices that the often do not have the background to make.From:ecancertvViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:43More inScience Technology

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Vybz Kartel – Freaky Gal PT3 [CLEAN] NOV 2012 – TJ Records – Video


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Sherlock Holmes vs Jack The Ripper – Episode 2 – No shit Sherlock – Video


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This is episode 2 of Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper. Subscribe to Become a stalker, like and favorite! Tags: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the ripper rape time raping woman throat police detective station funny comedy no shit pro leet shit skillz proud cake cheat lol map London wattson pirate captain ill medicine episode season game video pc windows 7 mac apple kindoff ginger pubicFrom:Gaming1CentralViews:1 0ratingsTime:11:31More inHowto Style

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CAFOD’s Advent 2012 Appeal – Video


CAFOD #39;s Advent 2012 Appeal
Your Advent gift will help us be there for malnourished children when food is scarce. In some parts of the world today the joy at the birth of a baby can soon turn to anguish for many mothers. They know that without adequate, nutritious food, their children could die. I know it #39;s good because once I started giving it to the baby, the baby started to get better." -- Haoua Balma But thankfully, there #39;s a very simple solution. http://www.cafod.org.uk Plumpy #39;nut is the fastest and most cost-effective way to save a malnourished child. With your help, we can get this protein-packed peanut paste to the children suffering from malnourishment and help them quickly reach a healthy weight. In West Africa, a region emerging from a devastating food crisis, 230000 children die every year because of malnutrition. In Niger, where Hassana lives, more than a million children under five are diagnosed with malnutrition every year. We can stop this. http://www.cafod.org.uk 25 can help us get a month #39;s supply of Plumpy #39;nut to a child suffering from malnutrition. 40 can equip breastfeeding mothers with the skills necessary prevent the spread of diseases. 50 can deliver food and medical care to malnourished children and their families. 70 can buy the essential follow-on medicine for children discharged from the feeding centre. 100 can pay the monthly salary of a nurse at a nutrition centre. Plumpy #39;nut is just the start. Once they #39;re out of crisis, we work alongside families and communities to help them ...From:cafodtvViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:05More inNonprofits Activism

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