Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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Intel to Partner with Universities on Secure Computing
Intel Corporation in Mountain View, California says it has an agreement with five universities to collaborate on research to improve secure computing for the end user. Partnering on its second Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is University of California at Berkeley that will serve as the center’s host, and Carnegie Mellon, Drexel, Duke, and…
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GE Technology Selected for First Gas/Wind/Solar Power Plant
GE says it will provide the basic technology for a power plant in Turkey that generates electricity with a combination of natural gas, wind, and solar power. The plant, to be built by MetCap Energy Investments, a Turkish development company, is expected to provide power for more than 600,000 homes when it goes online in…
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Project Seeks Potatoes Resistant to Climate Change
Spain’s Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (Neiker-Tecnalia) is leading an international project to find potatoes tolerant of climate change and develop new potato varieties as needed. The potatoes should be suitable for growing under adverse environmental conditions, and help ensure their supply in the least favorable regions of the world. The potato is…
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Court Rules for Companies in University Collaborations
Bloomberg News reports that the Supreme Court ruled today in favor of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, against a suit filed by Stanford University in Palo Alto, California that contended Roche violated the university’s patent rights under the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act. The 7-2 vote affirmed a lower court decision that Roche became co-owner of the…
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HP, Non-Profit Partner on Malaria Surveillance
Computer maker HP and non-profit organization Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING) are collaborating to improve the quality and efficiency of disease surveillance in Botswana. The project involves mobile health monitoring technology that HP and PING believe can help better protect populations against major malaria outbreaks. The initiative uses HP’s webOS operating system for…
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Farmer Networks Key to Agricultural Innovation in Mexico
Researchers at Stanford University in California have documented the vital role played in Mexico by farmers’ support networks in encouraging agricultural sustainability. Ellen McCullough, now at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Pamela Matson of Stanford’s Program on Food Security and the Environment, published their findings online in the Proceedings of the National Academy…
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Diagnostic Company to Partner with Scripps on Drug Discovery
Molecular Response, a diagnostic services company in San Diego, California says it has an agreement with Scripps Genomic Medicine, part of the Scripps Translational Science Institute also in San Diego, for joint discovery of oncology and cardiovascular drugs. Molecular Response develops molecular diagnostics as a companion to targeted and personalized therapeutics. Under the terms of…
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Solvay to Form Research Center at Korean Women’s University
Solvay, a chemical company in Brussels, Belgium, says it will locate its Korean research center on the campus of EWHA Women’s University in Seoul. The company’s investment in this venture will total EUR 16.8 million (USD 24.0 million). Solvay plans to invest EUR 13 million in a Research, Development and Technology (RDT) Centre at EWHA.…
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State, Industry Funding Support University Solar Center
The State of Ohio and several companies are contributing funds for an R&D center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to boost the lifetime of solar energy technologies. The Solar-Durability and Lifetime Extension (S-DLE) Center at Case Western Reserve will have labs and test facilities to evaluate materials and components under extreme conditions. The…
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Challenge Seeks Faster, Simpler Crop Analysis Methods
A new challenge on InnoCentive seeks better tools for farmers to evaluate their management practices and improve the use of fertilizer and other crop inputs. The competition, sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Iowa Soybean Association, will award a $15,000 prize to the winning entry. The deadline for the challenge is 13 August…