Science and Enterprise

Category: Joint ventures/collaborations

  • Fuel Cell Developer Relocates Near Nanotech Researcher

    Bing Energy Inc., a manufacturer of components for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, is moving its headquarters from California to Florida to work with a university researcher in nanotechnology. The company had already licensed the research of Jim Zheng, an engineering professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee, whose work involves nanosensors, energy storage, and…

  • Dengue Fever Vaccine Promotion Initiative Unveiled

    The International Vaccine Institute announced the launch of the Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI), a joint project that aims to reduce the economic and infrastructure barriers to the use of a dengue vaccine. Participants include the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and World Health Organization, with funding from a $6.9 million grant from the Bill…

  • Research Suggests Strategy for Stockpiled Avian Flu Vaccine

    A new study suggests that current stockpiles of avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine can be part of an effective strategy to protect against a new pandemic, even though the vaccine was developed for an earlier strain of the virus. The researchers from three universities, the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Group Health Research Institute in Washington state,…

  • Companies Collaborate on Emergency Hypothermia Therapy

    Physio-Control Inc., a subsidiary of Medtronic Inc. in Redmond, Washington, and BeneChill Inc. in San Diego, California say they will collaborate on a new system for cooling the head and lowering body temperature following cardiac arrest or trauma. The system, called RhinoChill, will be marketed first in Europe, and then the U.S. RhinoChill, say the…

  • Gates Grants Fund Malaria Modeling Device, Culture System

    The University of South Florida in Tampa received $5.45 million in grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for research on devices related to malaria. The first grant is to create advanced devices that mimic the human liver to better study the life cycle of the malaria parasite. The second grant aims to develop…

  • Company Plans Robotic Lunar Mission

    Astrobotic Technology Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has signed a contract with spacecraft company SpaceX to launch Astrobotic’s robotic payload to the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The company says the mission could launch as soon as December 2013. The project is expected to search for water and deliver payloads, with the robot narrating…

  • Math Techniques Developed to Aid HIV Drug Discovery

    Researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland have developed mathematical methods for discovering new drugs for HIV and eventually for a range of diseases. Their results were published in a recent issue of Biophysical Journal. The new methods forecast the effectiveness of potential medicines by…

  • New Process Developed for Thin-Layered Nanomaterials

    An international research team has devised a new, yet practical method for creating super-thin layered materials with chemical properties potentially useful to electronics and energy storage technologies. The team from Ireland, U.K., U.S., and Korea published their findings in the 4 February edition of the journal Science (paid subscription required). Materials built at nanoscale —…

  • Long-Term Impacts of Biofuels on Land Analyzed

    A team of university, government, and national laboratory researchers ran simulations to gauge the impact of biofuel feedstocks on agricultural land. The findings are published in the January/February 2011 issue of Agronomy Journal (free full-text access for 30 days following publication). The study, funded by the USDA’s Agriculture Research Service, simulated experiments lasting from 79…

  • Eli Lilly, Diabetes Foundation to Fund Insulin Cell Research

    Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in New York said today they agreed to fund early-stage research to help patients with type 1 diabetes regenerate insulin-producing cells destroyed by the disease. The funding supports a three-year, $1.4 million pre-clinical research project. Type 1 diabetes, sometimes called juvenile…