Tag: physical sciences
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North Texas Campuses Researching Assistive Technologies
10 April 2015. Two University of Texas campuses, in Dallas and nearby Arlington, formed a research center to study software solutions for assistive technologies that benefit disabled and able-bodied people alike. The iPerform Center for Assistive Technologies to Enhance Human Performance, funded for five years by National Science Foundation, is also enlisting industry partners that…
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Collaboration Collecting Data to ID Precise Cancer Meds
7 April 2015. A partnership between Caris Life Sciences and COTA, short for Cancer Outcomes Tracking and Analysis, is combining data on the chemical makeup of cancer patients with clinical outcomes information to create better profiles of cancer tumors and identify more personalized therapies. Financial details between Caris Life Sciences in Irving, Texas and COTA,…
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Algorithms Compute Blood Volume from Video Images
6 April 2015. Engineers from Rice University in Houston wrote a series of algorithms that make it possible to calculate blood volume from facial video images rather than attaching a device to a person’s skin. The team from Rice’s Scalable Health Initiative that examines applications of technology to improve the conduct of health care, published…
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Inexpensive Test Bests PSA for Prostate Cancer Screening
3 April 2015. An inexpensive lab test using gold nanoparticles is shown in a new study to be more sensitive and specific in screening for prostate cancer than the standard prostate-specific antigen or PSA screen. A team from University of Central Florida in Orlando, led by materials science and medical professor Qun Huo, published its…
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New Processes to Manufacture Food Sought in Challenge
27 March 2015. Sponsors of a new challenge on InnoCentive are seeking new manufacturing processes for making food and snacks. The competition has a total prize purse of $10,000 and a deadline of 23 April 2015 for submissions. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowdsourcing competitions for corporate and organization sponsors. The sponsor, in this…
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Sharp Rise in Livestock Antimicrobial Use Expected
26 March 2015. An international research consortium estimates that global use of antibiotics in livestock is expected to jump by two-thirds by the year 2030, imperiling attempts to overcome antibiotic resistance and posing a threat to public health. The team led by Princeton University environmental researcher Ramanan Laxminarayan published its findings last week in Proceedings…
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Hand-Held DNA Sequencer IDs Bacteria, Viruses
26 March 2015. A palm-sized DNA sequencing device was able to identify a number of bacteria and viruses, and discriminate between closely related species in about 6 hours. Tests of the MinIon device, made by Oxford Nanopore Technologies in Oxford, U.K., were reported today in the journal GigaScience. Oxford Nanopore is developing the MinIon as a…
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Alcohol Ignition Locks Seen Preventing 83% of DUI Deaths
20 March 2015. A statistical projection shows some 59,500 deaths over 15 years could be prevented if new cars in the U.S. had alcohol ignition locks that stop drunk drivers from starting their engines. Medical and transportation researchers at University of Michigan, led by professor of emergency medicine Patrick Carter, published their findings yesterday in…
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New Adaptive Aircraft Control System Flight Tested
20 March 2015. U.S. Air Force pilots tested a new flight control system designed by engineers at University of Illinois that automatically adapts aircraft to changing conditions faster than most human pilots can respond. The L1 adaptive control system is a product of the university’s Advanced Control Research Laboratory in Urbana, Illinois led by mechanical…
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UC-Davis Spins Off Irrigation Technology Start-Up
19 March 2015. A graduate student in agriculture at University of California in Davis turned his research on irrigation technology into a new enterprise addressing the chronic drought conditions facing that state’s farmers. Tom Shapland started Tule Technologies Inc. in January 2014 that licensed his research measuring agricultural water use from the university. Tule (pronounced…