Tag: university
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U.K. Universities, Companies Developing Fishmeal Substitute
A consortium of universities and companies in the U.K., led by University of Liverpool, is developing a plant-based substitute for fishmeal as feed for farm-raised fish. Fishmeal is made from fishery by-products or various species caught for fishmeal processing, which is then fed to farm-raised fish as a protein source. In addition to Liverpool, the…
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LED Process Adapts Ultraviolet Light to Kill Pathogens
Researchers from North Carolina and Japan have devised a light-emitting diode (LED) process that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. Their discoveries are described in the May issue of the journal Applied Physics Letters (paid subscription required). The research team included materials scientists and engineers from North Carolina State…
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Funding Approved for Piracy, Policing Widget Development
The U.S. Office of Naval Research will fund development of compact Web applications, called widgets, to help international navies police for pirates and other illegal activities on the high seas. The $1 million award to support the International Collaborative Development for Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness (ICODE MDA) project is expected to be made this fall…
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Biomaterials Developer Lands $10 Million Series C Funds
Regentis Biomaterials Ltd., based in Or Akiva, Israel and Princeton, New Jersey, has secured $10 million in series C funds, the third round of financing after initial start-up. New investors Royal DSM and Crossroad Fund, and existing investors Medica Venture Partners, SCPVitalife and the Technion Investment Opportunities Fund contributed to the round. The company’s lead…
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Canadian Aircraft Industry Funding Materials Scientist
A group of aircraft companies in Canada, with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), are supporting the research of Suong Van Hoa at Concordia University on a new composite materials manufacturing technique. The funding, valued at $3.4 million, will support Hoa’s work for five years at the Montreal institution. Hoa (pictured…
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Imaging Technique Highlights Cardiac Arrest Candidates
Medical researchers from University at Buffalo have adapted Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to identify patients at the highest risk for sudden cardiac arrest. Results of the clinical trial testing the technique are scheduled for presentation today at a meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society. The university says the Prediction of Arrhythmic Events with Positron…
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Air Force Funds Moving Target Network Study to Stop Hackers
Computer scientists at Kansas State University in Manhattan are investigating ways of improving the security of computer networks, by constantly changing their configurations. The project is funded by a five-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research valued at more than $1 million. Computing and information schience professors Scott DeLoach, and Xinming “Simon”…
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Stem Cells Found to Protect Against Chemo Side Effects
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and four other institutions have developed a method for transplanting brain cancer patients’ own gene-modified blood stem cells to protect their bone marrow against the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. Their findings appear in this week’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription…
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Gates Award to Fund Tattoo-Like Pregnancy Monitor Device
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a Grand Challenges Explorations grant for development of an electronic device similar to a tattoo that can continuously monitor the progress of a pregnancy. The award goes to University of California-San Diego bioengineering professor Todd Coleman and materials science and engineering professor John Rogers at University of…
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HHS Awards First Health Care Innovation Awards
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealed the first group of universities, companies, and medical centers to receive Health Care Innovation awards. The three-year cooperative agreements, authorized by the Affordable Care Act, total $122.6 million and are administered through HHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. The department says the 26 awardees were…