Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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University Pigs Out on Spectroscopy
McGill University engineering researchers in Montreal, Quebec have developed a new meat inspection technology based on spectroscopy that analyzes light waves. Their research was conducted with Agriculture Canada and the nation’s pork industry. The spectroscopy process involves the analysis of the wave lengths of visible and invisible light produced by matter. By measuring the wave…
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University, Company Develop Nanotech Conducting Polymer Film
A team of chemists and engineers from University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and Fibron Technologies Inc. in Inglewood, California has developed a new method for coating large surfaces with nanofiber thin films that are both transparent and electrically conductive. Their method calls for the vigorous agitation of water, dense oil, and polymer nanofibers,…
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Real-Time Coastal Monitoring System in Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh are developing an electronic monitoring system to help advance understanding of coastal ecosystems by allowing users to track water-quality data from these waters in real time. The project was funded by National Science Foundation and National Security Agency. The NCSU team is working on the project…
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New Initiative to Speed Pain Treatments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) selected University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York to lead a new initiative — Analgesic Clinical Trial Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTION) — to identify better pain treatments more quickly. FDA awarded Rochester a $1 million contract to launch the program that brings together professional societies,…
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Cornell Gets $80 Million Gift for Sustainability Research
Cornell University alumnus David R. Atkinson and his wife Patricia Atkinson (pictured right) have given the university an $80 million gift to turn a three-year-old pilot program that they funded into a permanent, research center on challenges in the global energy, environmental, and economic development arenas. The university says the contribution represents the largest gift…
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Math Model Developed for Biofuels Development
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) created a techno-economic model that can help accelerate development of biofuels to compete with gasoline. This online, wiki-based model is designed to help researchers pursue promising strategies for cost-efficient biorefinery operations The JBEI team at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California designed the model…
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Clinical Sample Biobank Slated for Qatar
A collection of samples and clinical measurements from tens of thousands of people is to be opened in Qatar, an Arab Gulf country, to help scientists understand the causes of major diseases and develop new treatments. The project was announced today at the Royal Society in London during a visit from Her Highness Sheikha Mozah…
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Plant Stem Cells Point to Cheaper Cancer Drug
A research team from University of Edinburgh in Scotland and Unwha Biotech, a company in Jeonju Si, Korea, has found a way of using stem cells from tree bark that could lead to a simpler and lower-cost process for making the cancer drug paclitaxel. The drug is used to treat lung, ovarian, breast, head, and…
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Magnets Improve Understanding of Influenza Drugs
Using powerful magnets [sponsored link] to scan proteins’ atomic structures, scientists at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah are close to understanding why some drugs to treat the influenza A virus have become less effective, and how new drugs can replace them. FSU has patented this magnet-screening process…
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Implanted Device Treats Balance Disorder
On 21 October, a University of Washington Medical Center (UW Medicine) patient will receive the world’s first device designed to quell vertigo associated with Ménière’s disease. The UW Medicine team that developed the implantable device plans a 10-person surgical trial of Ménière’s patients, which they hope will lead to its eventual use with other common…