Category: New products
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Genetic Researchers Identify Enzymes for Biofuels
Researchers have used large-scale DNA sequencing to characterize the genes and genomes of plant-digesting microbes isolated from the rumen — pre-stomach — of a cow, and identify the most promising enzymes for breaking down cellulose in the biofuel switchgrass. The team from the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, several universities and national labs, and…
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Collaboration Tracks Solar Streams Disrupting Communications
A university-government partnership is making operational a prediction model designed for weather forecasting, and put into use to track solar activity that disrupts communications. The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM) at Boston University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center reported the news of the collaboration today at…
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Paper Strip Technique Devised for Complex Diagnostics
Researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana have developed a technique using inexpensive paper to make test strips for more complex medical diagnostics and chemical analysis. The team from Purdue’s engineering school published their findings online this week in the journal Lab on a Chip (paid subscription required). The researchers say this innovation provides…
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New Process Discovered for Fighting Contact Lens Bacteria
Researchers at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas have discovered a new method to fight bacterial infections from contact lenses. The results were published online January 18 in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (paid subscription required). The problem arises from the interference…
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Researchers Improve Efficiency of LED Lighting
Researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh have developed a new technique that reduces defects in the gallium nitride (GaN) films used to create light-emitting diodes or LEDs, making this energy-efficient form of lighting even more efficient. The team of engineers and and materials scientists published their findings online in the 17 January issue…
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Orphan Drug Status Granted for Melanoma Vaccine
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today it received from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration orphan drug designation for its melanoma cancer vaccine to treat stage IIb to IV melanoma. BioSante Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Orphan drug designation, as granted by the Orphan Drug Act, is for a product to treat…
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Engineers Develop Wireless Spectrum-Sensing Algorithms
Researchers at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg have developed a set of mathematical rules to help build more reliable and efficient spectrum-sensing techniques needed to meet the expanding demand for wireless technologies. This first phase of a more than two-year study is funded by wireless technology developer InterDigital of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Spectrum-sensing technologies are…
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Research Spin Off Company to Tackle Superbug Infections
Fixed Phage Limited in Glascow, Scotland has been launched to commercialize a technology for tackling bacterial infection and contamination, including superbugs such as MRSA. That technology was developed at the University of Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences in Scotland. Fixed Phage’s technology is based on research for treatment and prevention of infection and…
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Formula Devised to Better Place Wind Farm Turbines
Engineers in the U.S. and Belgium have developed a formula to help wind farm planners arrange the most effective placement of wind energy turbines. Charles Meneveau of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and Johan Meyers at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium presented their findings at a recent meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division…
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Engineers Develop Improved Computer Memory Device
Researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh have developed a new device that its inventors say can make large banks of computers more energy efficient, and allow computers to start more quickly. The advance, developed by a faculty-student team from NC State’s engineering school, will be published in an upcoming issue of the IEEE…