Tag: university
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Techniques Developed for Deeper Single-Cell Gene Sequencing
Researchers in Sweden and the U.S. have devised a process for in-depth genomic sequencing of single cells, which can lead to a better understanding of malignant tumors. The team from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, the University of California in San Diego, and Illumina Inc. in Hayward, California published…
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Highly Transparent Solar Cells Developed for Window Glass
Researchers at University of California in Los Angeles have developed solar cells with greater transparency that can be made to fit over windows and generate electric power. The findings from a team of UCLA engineers, materials scientists, and chemists appeared earlier this month in the journal ACS Nano (paid subscription required). The team developed a…
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Study: Better Medical Device Security Alerts Needed
Researchers at University of Massachusetts in Amherst and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (affiliated with Harvard Medical School) uncovered indications that security and privacy problems with medical devices may not be adequately reported or tracked by regulators. The team reported its findings yesterday in the online journal PLoS One. The computer scientists and…
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Max Planck Licenses 2-D/3-D Technology for Development
Max Planck Society in Munich, Germany has licensed to TandemLaunch Technologies in Montreal, Canada a new three-dimension display technology that lets viewers see 3-D movies or games in 2-D without glasses to construct the images. Financial terms of the exclusive licensing agreement were not disclosed. Current 3-D images are presented as stereoscopic pictures, with overlapping…
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New Study to Examine Next Generation Mobile Networks
Researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) in Brooklyn received federal, state, and business funding for a study of new wireless technologies that can define the next generation of mobile devices. Funders of the project include the National Science Foundation, Empire State Development Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), and industry supporters…
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Technology Developed to Diagnose, Treat Atrial Fibrillation
Researchers at University of California in San Diego and Los Angeles, and Indiana University have discovered that irregular heart rhythms known as atrial fibrillation are the result of small electrical sources within the heart, in the form of spinning electrical rotors or focal beats. The research team published its findings online in the Journal of…
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Chronic Pain Technology Company Gains $3.5M Series B Funds
Neuros Medical Inc., a company in Cleveland developing a university-discovered electronic pain relief technology, says it raised $3.5 million in series B venture funds, the second round of financing after start-up. Boston Scientific and Glengary LLC led the round, with new investors RiverVest Venture Partners, LLC, Blue Tree Allied Angels, and ModelVest joining current investors…
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Grant to Fund On-Board Systems Extending Electric Car Range
University of California in Riverside has received a one-year $95,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to develop algorithms that find the route requiring the least amount of energy for an electric car’s trip. The research will be done by the Center for Environmental Research and Technology, part of the university’s Bourns College of Engineering.…
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Algorithms Devised to Aid Inspections of Mines on Ship Hulls
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have written algorithms that help underwater robots inspect the hulls of ships for mines as small as an iPod. The findings of mechanical engineering professor Franz Hover and Ph.D. candidate Brendan Englot will appear in a future issue of International Journal of Robotics Research. The algorithms help guide a…
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Stem Cells, Nanoscale Scaffolds Aid Cartilage Repair
Biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have devised a method for growing cells to repair cartilage damage from injury or age. The team led by Jennifer Elisseeff (pictured right) reported its findings last month in an online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; paid subscription required. Cartilage is one…