Tag: university
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MIT Start-Up Building Solar Thermal Systems for Clinics
A not-for-profit company established by students and alumni at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is testing a solar energy system that generates electric power and hot water for isolated health clinics in Africa. The team led by Matthew Orosz, a recent Ph.D. recipient in mechanical engineering, will describe its work in an upcoming issue of the…
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Students, Postdocs, Policies Drive University Spinoffs
A new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation says participation of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in forming businesses, coupled with campus policies and support structures, help propel the creation of spinoff companies from universities. The Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City conducts research and advocacy on entrepreneurship, and provided one of the report’s authors…
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120-Car Fleet Testing Intelligent Vehicle Network
A fleet of 120 cars began today a field test in Germany of intelligent vehicle technology. Researchers at Munich Technical University (Technische Universität München, TUM) designed the testing scenarios and will process the data, as part of a larger project involving auto manufacturers, technology providers, universities, and research institutes. The Safe Intelligent Mobility – Test…
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Technology Created to Remove Toxins from Edible Crop Plants
Researchers in Denmark, Spain, and Germany developed a method for keeping natural plant toxins out of edible parts of food and animal feed crops. The team led by University of Copenhagen plant biologist Barbara Ann Halkier reports its findings in this week’s issue of the journal Nature (paid subscription required). Halkier and colleagues studied glucosinolates,…
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Novartis, Penn to Partner on Cancer Immunotherapies
The global pharmaceutical company Novartis and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia will collaborate on a new type of immunotherapy to treat leukemia and other cancers. Novartis and Penn will also form the Center for Advanced Cellular Therapies on the Penn campus to conduct research on related immunotherapies. The partnership will conduct research, develop and take…
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Virtual Reality Patients Devised to Train Psychologists
A University of Southern California researcher developed conversational virtual patients with symptoms of clinical psychological disorders that can interact with therapists. Albert “Skip” Rizzo of USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (pictured right) discussed his research today in a session of American Psychological Association’s annual meeting in Orlando. Because of advances in technology, virtual humans can…
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Clinical Trial Tests Skin Cell Spray as Leg Ulcer Therapy
A clinical trial by researchers at Healthpoint Biotherapeutics in Fort Worth, Texas found a spray-on skin cell therapy to be faster and more effective in healing venous leg ulcers than the standard care. The findings, with contributions from research colleagues at University of Miami, University of North Carolina, and Barry University, appear online in the…
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ARPA-E to Fund $43 Million for Energy Storage R&D Projects
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), in the U.S. Department of Energy, will support 19 new research and development projects to improve the management of energy storage technologies for vehicles and electrical power grids. The projects, totaling $43 million, will be funded out of the Energy Department’s Advanced Management and Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED)…
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Algorithm Taps Twitter Archive to Find Bullying Cases
Researchers at University of Wisconsin in Madison developed a method for analyzing Twitter messages to find tweets, as Twitter messages are called, with evidence of childhood bullying. Educational psychologist Amy Bellmore (pictured left) and colleagues from Wisoconsin’s psychology and computer science departments presented their findings at a North American chapter meeting of the Association for…
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Lighting Devised to Help Shift Workers Regulate Body Clocks
Researchers at Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada developed blue lighting to help shift workers regulate their internal clocks, to stay alert when working and get sleep when needed. Marc Hébert (pictured left), an ophthalmology professor at Laval and researcher in the university’s mental health research center, invented the light and started a company to…