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Highlights – August 2005

 
 
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  Zelos Therapeutics Inc. Raises Record Levels of Investment

The NRC spin-off Zelos Therapeutics Inc. has recently raised one of the largest rounds of investment among Ottawa-based biotech companies. Find out more about this successful NRC spinoff working towards a treatment for osteoporosis.

 World's First Single Molecule Electrical CircuitElements from a representation of charge conduction through the styrene molecule. 

NRC scientists are using a cutting-edge nanolithography hot embosser (shown here) to create new biohazard detection and medical diagnosis technologies.

 Nano Imprint Lithography: A Giant Leap for Miniature Manufacturing

Nano imprint lithography, a way of inexpensively manufacturing miniature devices, could become a critical production process for information technology, medicine and environmental science.

Screen-capture of the sketch-based design software prototype in action. NRC Develops a Sketch-based Design Software

Imagine making a free-hand sketch of a house, and then quickly digitally converting this rough, two-dimensional image into a crisp, straight-lined 3D virtual house. This could be close to a reality with NRC's Sketch-based Design technology, presently under commercialization.
NRC scientists are using a cutting-edge nanolithography hot embosser (shown here) to create new biohazard detection and medical diagnosis technologies.

 Propulsion Wind Tunnel Gets New Icing Capabilities

What does NRC Aerospace do when a client requires icing tests on a new helicopter engine configuration and its facilities are already booked for the winter? It turns its existing propulsion wind tunnel into a state-of-the-art facility for icing certification tests on engines and their surrounding nacelles.

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Date Published: 2005-08-01
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