2009 Media Coverage of Luna Innovations


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Video - Luna Aircraft Impact Indicator Paints
Discovery Channel Canada Daily Planet
Nov. 3, 2009
Luna's impact indicator paints were featured on the Discovery Channel Canada's Daily Planet television series. Luna is developing impact coating for potential use in composites used as structural components in military and commercial aircraft.
View the Daily Planet video clip.


College to begin nanotechnology program
Virginia Business
May 28, 2009
"Danville is home to the Luna nanoWorks. The company is using carbon nanomaterials to identify and develop pharmaceutical products to improve the diagnosis, management and treatment of disease."
Read the Virginia Business article.


Fiber Optic Sensing Monitors Strain and Reduces Costs
NASA Tech Briefs
April 23, 2009
"[Mark] Froggatt continued his work in monitoring stresses of fiber optic components, accessories, and networks through optical monitoring at Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated, based in Blacksburg, Virginia."
Read the NASA Tech Briefs article.


Luna, DCC partner on nanotech program
Danville Register & Bee
April 18, 2009
"Kent Murphy, founder and chief executive officer of Luna Innovations Inc., was drawn to Danville the first time he drove through it."
Read the Danville Register & Bee article.


Pipeline sensors measure corrosion rate and cumulative corrosion damage
Materials Performance
March 2009
Researchers in Luna's Charlottesville, Virginia location are developing unique, patent-pending sensor technology to measure the corrosivity of pressurized fluids in pipelines. This technology could be applied to pipelines in the oil and natural gas, water distribution, power generation, chemical processing, and pulp and paper industries.
Download the Materials Performance article.


Interactive exhibit explores everyday uses of nanotechnology
Danville Register & Bee
March 28, 2009
"A fascinating exploration into nanotechnology was an extra treat for visitors to Danville Science Center on Saturday as the center celebrated Nano Days."
Read the Danville Register & Bee article.


FRONTList15: The Entrepreneurial All-Stars
Valley Business FRONT
March 2009
"Entrepreneurs don't emerge from a vacuum. They require education, nurturing, funding, encouragement, guidance. They require, in short, the proper environment."
Read the Valley Business FRONT article.


Tech, Luna partner on nerve gas antidote
Roanoke Times Current
Feb. 27, 2009
"Virginia Tech and Luna Innovations Inc. are working together on a federally funded project to protect people from the effects of nerve gas through buckyballs."
Read the Roanoke Times Current article.


Veterinary college researchers working to protecting people from the deadly effects of nerve gases
Virginia Tech News
Feb. 17, 2009
"The nanoWorks and Biomedical Technologies Group of Luna Innovations Inc. of Roanoke, Va., the company that is partnering with Ehrich on the work, are developing the fullerene derivatives and supporting immunoreagents."
Read the Virginia Tech News article.