Science and Enterprise

Category: Joint ventures/collaborations

  • Academic, Industrial Researchers Enhance Nanospring Capabilities

    Researchers at Oregon State University in Corvallis and University of Idaho in Moscow, with colleagues from GoNano Technologies also in Moscow, loaded biological molecules onto a type of nanostructure called “nanosprings” that are able to maximize surface area in chemical processes operating on a micrometer scale. The researchers found a way to attach enzymes to…

  • Genome Sequence Completed for Endangered Tasmanian Devil

    Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, U.K. and life science instrumentation company Illumina Inc. in San Diego, California have created a draft genome sequence for the endangered Tasmanian devil and will use these results to find genetic mutations in the transmissible cancer that is ravaging its population. The findings, say the Wellcome…

  • Energy Dept. Awards Grants for University Tech. Commercialization

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) selected five projects to build and strengthen what it calls “innovation ecosystems” designed to accelerate the movement of new energy technologies from university laboratories to the market. This is the first time DoE has funded this type of university-based commercialization. The ecosystems will bring together universities, the private sector,…

  • Startups License Academic Research to Combat Counterfeiting

    Two startup companies completed exclusive license agreements with University of Arkansas – Little Rock (UALR) to bring to market technology developed by UALR’s Nanotechnology Center that offers anti-counterfeiting solutions for manufacturers. UALR says the technology will enable companies and government agencies to authenticate items with an invisible and unique code that is virtually impossible to…

  • University Licenses Carbon Nanotube Technology for Fuel Cells

    Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee has commercialized research on nanomaterials by one of its engineering professors to a company making components for hydrogen fuel cells. Bing Energy Inc., a manufacturer of fuel cell components in Chino, California, has entered into an agreement with FSU that gives it exclusive use of Zheng’s patented technology. Jim…

  • Government-Industry-Academic Team Sequences Cacao Genome

    Researchers from government, industry, and academia announced early results of a project that sequenced the genome of the cacao tree, which grows in the tropics and produces crops that are processed into cocoa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that released the findings, says they will help sustain the supply of high-quality cocoa to the…

  • AstraZeneca, University to Collaborate on Stem Cell Therapies

    AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company, and University College London (UCL) today agreed to develop regenerative medicines for diabetic retinopathy (DR), enabled by stem cell research. Under the three-year agreement, AstraZeneca and scientists at the UCL’s Institute of Ophthalmology will collaborate to identify new therapeutic tools that take advantage of the regenerative capacity of stem cells.…

  • Solar Powered Water Purifier Developed for Disaster Relief

    Spectra Watermakers Inc. in San Rafael, California, in collaboration with Trunz Water Systems, a Swiss company, has developed a self-contained water purification unit that can meet the needs of disaster relief efforts, such as those now in action in Pakistan. The Solar Container, as the unit is called, is powered by renewable solar or wind…

  • Russian Weapons-Grade Uranium Converted to Nuclear Fuel

    USEC Inc., a supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants in Bethesda, Maryland, says through its participation in the Megatons to Megawatts program, it has recycled 400 metric tons of weapons-grade uranium from Russia into low enriched uranium used as fuel in commercial nuclear power plants. This conversion of 400 metric tons…

  • Consortium to Develop Tissue Sample Platform

    Bioinformatics provider CLC bio in Aarhus, Denmark, with AROS Applied Biotechnology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, and the Institute of Pathology at Aarhus University Hospital, announced a collaboration to develop a solution for large scale use of formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue in molecular analyses. FFPE tissue samples are invaluable resources for profiling gene expression and…