Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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Univ. Researchers Develop New Blast-Resistant Glass
A team of engineers from the University of Missouri in Columbia and the University of Sydney in Australia is developing a blast-resistant glass that is lighter, thinner, and colorless, yet tough enough to withstand the force of an explosion, earthquake, or hurricanes winds. Their research is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of…
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Company Leads Consortium to Crystallize Parkinson’s Enzyme
Emerald BioStructures, a structural biology services company in Bainbridge Island, Washington, received a grant to lead a consortium to crystallize and solve the structure of the enzyme believed to be a key molecular mechanism behind Parkinson’s disease. The project, funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, includes researchers from the Helmholtz Association…
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More International Collaboration Found in Nanotech Research
Investigators at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and Florida International University (FIU) in Miami reveal how research in nanotechnology has increasingly become a multi-national enterprise, despite having some 60 countries now funding nanotech initiatives within their borders. Phillip Shapira of Georgia Tech and Jue Wang of FIU found nearly a quarter of all published…
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Collaboration Develops, Patents Fish Hatchery Vaccine
A team of researchers from University of Idaho in Moscow, Clear Springs Foods Inc. in Buhl, Idaho, and the Agricultural Research Service of USDA, have developed a coldwater disease (CWD) vaccine. CWD is a bacterial disease caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum, and results in a lethal infection causing losses of hatchery-reared salmonids — e.g., salmon, trout,…
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Industry Funding University Citrus Disease Research
Coca-Cola and Cutrale Citrus Juices said today at that they have each pledged $1.5 million to the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville for research into citrus fruit diseases. The Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), a direct support organization of UF, will manage the funding from the two companies and the research program. The…
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Beverages with Whey Protein Can Lower Blood Pressure
A study at Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman has found, beverages supplemented by whey-based protein can significantly reduce elevated blood pressure. High blood pressure affects almost one in three U.S. adults, and is a leading risk factor for stroke and heart disease. Nutritional biochemist Susan Fluegel led the research, conducted for her doctorate in…
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Univ. Tests Ultrasound to Diagnose Prostate Cancer
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands, with Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, have developed and conducted early tests on an imaging technology that can accurately identify prostate cancer tumors. The technology is based on ultrasound, and also has the potential to assess how aggressive tumors are. A number of ultrasound companies are…
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Texting Service To Fight Counterfeit Malaria Drugs
HP and African social enterprise mPedigree Network have begun a service to stop counterfeit pharmaceuticals by letting people in Nigeria and Ghana easily check the authenticity of their malaria medication. Counterfeit medicines often contain the wrong quantity of active pharmaceutical ingredients, which can result in illness or death. With the new service, patients taking a…
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Academics, Company Develop High-Performance Nanotech Fiber
Researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and MER Corporation in Tucson, Arizona have engineered a new kind of fiber that can absorb more energy than Kevlar, a fabric now woven into bulletproof vests and other industrial applications. MER — short for Materials and Electrochemical Research — Corporation develops high-tech materials, including those based on…
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Grant Boosts Research Commercialization Group
The Maryland Proof of Concept Alliance — a consortium of Maryland university research institutions and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory — has received a $5.1 million federal grant to support its work moving research findings from the lab to the marketplace. The Alliance helps researchers through the often tricky and (to the researchers) unfamiliar process…