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Highlights – July 2005

 
 
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 NRC Completes Third Annual Business Case Challenge

NRC recently wrapped up its third annual Business Case Challenge. The competition involved teams from eight different NRC research institutes and featured a broad range of cutting-edge technologies. Teams competed for NRC funding to help advance commercialization of these technologies.

 Building the Perfect Hockey Stick or Aircraft – Carbon NanotubesModel of a single-walled carbon nanotube

Apparatus : Frequency Modulated Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Tissue Analysis

 New Rapid Diagnosis Tool for Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Anthony Shaw wants to shine infrared light through your blood. And it could save your life. He's the lead scientist on a ground-breaking NRC project to use infrared spectroscopy for the rapid analysis of the tell-tale blood chemicals pointing to cardiovascular disease.Prototype of porous Titanium attachment systems for dental implant

 Dental Porous Titanium Foam Implants: An Idea with Bite

More than two out of three Canadians currently have a missing tooth. It's a gap that you'd think would be perfectly filled by high-tech solid titanium dental implants. However, only about one in a hundred gets a titanium implant.Gloved hand representing the role of a pentabody

 Code Name: Pentabody

This NRC technique for the rapid production of custom antibodies is on the commercialization path. The technology's commercial potential recently impressed a panel of distinguished business and science leaders.

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Date Published: 2005-06-30
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