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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) is pleased to announce a research report has been issued on the Company by Grass Roots Research and Distribution Inc., Wall Street's leading independent research firm, with a "BUY" recommendation and a $2.04 long term price target. To view full report please paste the following link to your browser: www.grassrootsrd.com/cvat-report.pdf Grass Roots Research and...

New study provides vital information for commercial pecan operationsPecan, the most valuable nut tree native to North America, is native from northern Illinois and southeastern Iowa to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it grows abundantly along the Mississippi River, the rivers of central and eastern Oklahoma, and Texas. Popularity and consumer demand for pecans has increased the cultivation of pecan trees to other areas, while commercial production has expanded into many regions of...

Nitrogen fixation in the AtlanticScientists including researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and the University of Essex have discovered that interactions between iron supply, transported through the atmosphere from deserts, and large-scale oceanic circulation control the availability of a crucial nutrient, nitrogen, in the Atlantic. Their findings have potentially important implications for understanding global climate, both past and future.Nitrogen is an essential...

Scientists identify enzyme that could help grow biofuel crops in harsh environmentsScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin "” the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. While effective at keeping wine inside a bottle, suberin's most important function in plants is to control water and nutrient transportation and keep pathogens out. Adjusting the permeability of plant...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) is pleased to announce it has signed Miura Engineering Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan ("MEC") (www.miura21.co.jp) as its new agent to serve markets in Japan for CTI's Nano-Cavitation Process Systems. Miura is a leading Engineering Company specialized in Edible Oil Processing Plants in the Far East. According to Kirk Wiggins, CTI's Director of Sales and Business Development, "We...

Study explores how increasing CO2 concentrations may be affecting trees and water and carbon cyclesThe many environmental issues facing our society are prevalent in the media lately. Global warming, rainforest devastation, and endangered species have taken center stage. Our ecosystem is composed of a very delicate network of interactions among all species and the non-living environment. Predicting how each component of this complex system will respond to the many environmental changes...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) has announced that it has filed PCT patent applications for new International Patent protections for its Nano Cavitation Technologies. According to Igor Gorodnitsky, CTI's President and Director of Research and Development, "CTI continues to identify new applications for our technology. All of the applications are in industries where there is a need to solve...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) is pleased to announce it has executed a Letter or Intent with Womack Systems, LLC (www.womack-machine.com) for the manufacture of its cutting edge Nano-Cavitation Process Systems. According to Kirk Wiggins, CTI's Director of Sales and Business Development, "The exciting thing about CTI is the diverse applications of our technologies. All of our applications are in...

Israeli scientists say they've discovered light exposure and possibly photosynthesis might be helping bacteria to become internalized by lettuce leaves. Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Israel's Agricultural Research Organization said such internalization would make disease-causing bacteria impervious to washing. In the study, researchers examined the role light and photosynthesis might play on the ability of salmonella bacteria to infiltrate lettuce leaves via stomata -- small pores...

Exposure to light and possibly photosynthesis itself could be helping disease-causing bacteria to be internalized by lettuce leaves, making them impervious to washing, according to research published in the October issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.Salmonella enterica is a common cause of foodborne gastroenteritis, with an estimated number of 1 to 3 million human cases per year in the United States. Fresh produce is increasingly being implicated as a source of...