Science and Enterprise

Category: Joint ventures/collaborations

  • Hot Booze Found to Increase Iron Superconductivity

    Scientists from the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan and University of Tsukuba found that soaking pellets of an iron-based compound in heated alcoholic beverages for 24 hours increases the pellets’ superconducting ability. Their findings appear in the current issue of the journal Superconductor Science and Technology (free registration required). Creating a faster…

  • New Process Being Developed to Keep Berries Fresh Longer

    A new way of improving the shelf life of soft fruit like strawberries and raspberries is being developed by researchers at universities and industry in the U.K. Food scientists at University of Nottingham are teaming with engineers at Loughborough University and British fruit grower Berryworld to test an anti-bacterial process called cold plasma as a…

  • Federal, Corporate Grants to Fund Manufacturing Technology

    A new public-private partnership will deliver $4.5 million in grant funding to help small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the U.S. Midwest make better use of advanced digital technology. The grants include $2 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and $2.5 million from private-sector, state, and institutional partners. The partners providing the $2.5 million…

  • Lycera Corp., Merck to Partner on Autoimmune Drugs

    Lycera Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company in Plymouth, Michigan, says it has a collaboration agreement with the global drug maker company Merck to develop drug candidates that treat major autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis. Under the agreement, Lycera can receive up to $307 million, as well as later…

  • Institute to Provide On-Board Space Payload Specialists

    Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas says today it agreed to send scientists as payload specialists aboard eight suborbital flights, some to altitudes greater than 350,000 feet. SwRI researchers will also fly at least six high altitude missions flown by XCOR Corporation. At least two SwRI researchers will fly into space aboard the…

  • Universities, Brewery Partner on Biofuels from Brewery Waste

    Researchers from Anheuser-Busch Inbev Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri  and three universities have discovered stable microbe communities in brewery sludge with the potential to produce the basic building blocks of fuels. Their findings appear in the 22 February online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team from Cornell University, University…

  • Small Business Grant Awarded for Tuberculosis Test

    Chembio Diagnostics Inc. in Medford, New York has received a three-year $2.9 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue development of a simple, rapid, inexpensive, and accurate blood serum test for tuberculosis. The grant funds further development of the test, following an earlier SBIR grant to…

  • Georgetown Univ., FDA to Partner on Regulatory Science

    Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Rockville, Maryland signed a new agreement to encourage research and education in the fields of regulation and public health. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed today covers regulatory science, ethics, education, and training. The five-year agreement is expected…

  • Grad Student Creates, Markets Rural Water Conveyance Device

    Cynthia Koenig, a business school graduate student at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, created a rolling water barrel and started an enterprise to distribute the device in developing countries. Koenig plans to pilot test the device, called the WaterWheel, in India. The WaterWheel is a 20-gallon rolling plastic barrel that provides enough water for…

  • Consortium to Study Ocean Potential for Carbon Storage

    The new ISIS (In-Situ Iron Studies) Consortium announced today its plans to study the role of iron in regulating the ocean’s capacity to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide.  The group of scientists from 12 institutions worldwide aims to better understand the impact of iron on marine ecosystems and to quantify its potential for CO2 removal. The…