Science and Enterprise

Category: Joint ventures/collaborations

  • Hydrogen for Energy Generated from Ethanol, Sunlight

    A team of researchers from Scotland, New Zealand, and Spain have developed a simpler and less expensive technology to generate hydrogen for energy. Their findings appear online in the journal Nature Chemistry (paid subscription required). In this process, a solid photocatalyst is placed in a container with ethanol and exposed to ultraviolet light, part of…

  • Virginia Universities Form Nanotech Research Center

    The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, have begun a joint center to advance research in electronics based on nanotechnology. The Virginia Nanoelectronics Center (ViNC) will study properties of and develop materials at nanoscale, where one nanometer is equal to one billionth of…

  • Hopkins, Walgreens to Partner on Research, Outcome Protocols

    Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) in Baltimore, Maryland and the drug store chain Walgreens have agreed to collaborate on population-based research and jointly review and develop protocols to improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases. JHM and Walgreens will also together explore development of new ways to improve care for individuals that include new educational programs…

  • University, Company Engineers Research Safer Railroad Ties

    Engineers at Kansas State University in Manhattan and the company CXT Concrete Ties in Tucson, Arizona have received funding for research leading to safer railroad ties to support the nation’s new high-speed rail projects. The engineering team was awarded a grant for nearly $900,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration, with another $300,000 provided by CXT…

  • Timken, College to Build Wind Energy R&D Center

    The Timken Company in Canton, Ohio revealed plans for a new research and development center for wind turbine mechanisms used to generate electricity. The $11.8 million facility, built in collaboration with nearby Stark State College, is expected to add 65 new jobs. The R&D center will focus on wind turbine mechanisms that convert wind power…

  • Interactive Map Shows Off-Grid Energy Technology Sites

    Santa Clara University in California and social-enterprise information company Ayllu have created the Energy Map Web site that offers graphs and analyses of 40 social enterprises in 16 countries that bring electricity or alternative fuel to communities of 500 to 500,000 people each. All 40 of the sites involve energy produced or consumed outside of…

  • Lilly Spins Off Biotech to Develop Sepsis Drug

    Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana has signed agreements with private investors Care Capital and NovaQuest Capital to establish BioCritica Inc., a new biotechnology company. BioCritica will initially focus on the continued U.S. development and commercialization of Xigris — drotrecogin alfa (activated) — Lilly’s medicine for severe sepsis. Under the agreement, BioCritica will acquire…

  • University to Open Biomass Gasification Research Center

    Luleå University of Technology in Sweden announced plans to start a research center on the production of fuel gas from biomass. The new Swedish Gasification Centre (SFC) on the Luleå campus is expected to have a budget of SEK 540 million (USD 84.7 million) over 10 years. SFC will combine industry and academic researchers from…

  • Nanotech Patch Repairs Damaged Heart Tissue in Lab Tests

    Engineers at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and India Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur created a patch made from carbon nanofibers and a polymer material that restores damaged cardiac tissue similar to the damage resulting from a heart attack.  The team reported their results online earlier this month in the journal Acta Biomaterialia…

  • Partnership to Discover Cancer Drugs from Natural Products

    University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR) in Oxford has formed a partnership to search and test for cancer drugs with the university’s Medical Center Cancer Institute in Jackson. Under the agreement, NCNPR will develop anti-cancer compounds for further development and testing by the Cancer Institute. At the NCNPR, researchers collect plants…