Tag: university
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University Licenses Taste-Masking Technology to Pharma
New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark agreed to license its discoveries that can mask the taste of drug particles to Catalent Pharma Solutions, a drug manufacturer in Somerset, New Jersey. Catalent funded the research by NJIT engineering professor Rajesh Dave (pictured left) that led to the development of this technology. Dave’s research at NJIT…
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Simple, Hand-Drawn Carbon Nanotube Sensor System Devised
Chemistry researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge developed a safer method of building hazardous gas sensors from carbon nanotubes that is literally as easy as drawing by hand. The system designed by MIT postdoctoral fellow Katherine Mirica and colleagues is described online in the journal Angewandte Chemie (paid subscription required). Harmful gases in…
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Sanofi, Mass. General to Partner on Cancer Treatments
The global pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston agreed to collaborate on translational research into treatments for cancer involving blood and solid (organ-related) tumors. The parties did not disclose financial aspects of the two-year deal. The partnership aims to maximize the strengths of academic and corporate labs; Mass General is a teaching…
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Resourceful Robot for High-Level Tasks in Development
A research team at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta is building a robot with the ability to use objects in its environment to accomplish high-level tasks. The three-year project, being led by computer scientist Mike Stilman, is funded by a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. “We want to understand the…
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Enhanced MRI in Development for Faster Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Researchers at University of York in the U.K. are developing a new process that increases the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to diagnose molecular events behind disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. York’s Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange or SABRE project conducting the research recently received a £3.6 million ($US 5.8 million) Strategic Award…
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CT Image Analytics Adapted for COPD Diagnosis
Medical researchers at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor adapted computed tomography (CT) image analysis techniques to more precisely diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The research team led by Michigan radiologist Brian Ross appears online in the journal Nature Medicine (paid subscription required). Ross and colleagues also founded a company that is taking…
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Faster Whole Genome Sequencing Developed for Infants
A team led by researchers at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri reported on the first use of a two-day whole-genome sequencing technique for diagnosing genetic diseases in infants. The team that included researchers from University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Kansas, and Illumnia Inc. in the U.K. described the process in this week’s…
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Technique Devised for Controlling Graphene Nanopore Size
Materials scientists at University of Texas in Dallas and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea developed a process for making the size of nanopores in the material graphene small enough to read a single strand of DNA. The discovery is outlined in a recent issue of the journal Carbon (paid subscription required). The…
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NSF Grant to Fund Natural Gas Development Impacts Study
An engineering research team at University of Colorado in Boulder will study the balance between natural gas development and its effects on ecosystems and communities. The five-year, $12 million study is funded by National Science Foundation under its Sustainability Research Network initiative. The Colorado team led by environmental engineering professor Joseph Ryan will examine social,…
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USPTO to Station Staff on Cornell New York Tech Campus
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will assign a staff member to the New York City campus of Cornell University, a technology institute being developed in partnership with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. This USPTO staffer is expected to serve individuals and institutions in the greater New York City region. The USPTO’s Innovation and Outreach…