Tag: university
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Warfarin, Aspirin Provide Similar Stroke Prevention
In a six-year, 11-country clinical trial, researchers at Columbia University found aspirin and the anti-clotting drug warfarin to offer about equal protection against death and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythms. The findings of the study led by Columbia medical school professor Shunichi Homma were presented at the International Stroke Conference in…
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Eye Treatment Delivery Option to Syringe Being Developed
Engineers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada have developed a new system using an implanted patch to deliver drugs to the back of the eye, as an alternative to direct injection with a syringe. The results of their research appear online in the Journal of Biomaterials Applications (paid subscription required). The team led by…
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Manchester to Host U.K. Graphene Research Institute
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the U.K. confirmed today that University of Manchester will host the U.K.’s national graphene institute, a facility for graphene research and commercialization activities planned for use by both scientists and businesses. University of Manchester is the home of Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov, who…
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Ignore the Sticker Shock, Electric Trucks Can Pay You Back
A new MIT study indicates that electric vehicles have the potential to improve the bottom line for many kinds of businesses, in addition to being good for the environment. The findings from the study, conducted by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), were presented last month at the IEEE Power and Energy…
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Nanotech Enhanced Oils Boost Insulation Properties
Materials scientists at Rice University in Houston have developed a process for enhancing the efficiency of lubricants to help remove excess heat in electric-power devices from micro-scale components to industrial transformers. The findings of graduate student Jaime Taha-Tijerina, postdoctoral researcher Tharangattu Narayanan, and colleagues appear in the journal ACS Nano (paid subscription required). The team…
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Prostate Cancer Therapy Shown Effective in Chemo Patients
A phase 3 clinical trial has shown a new drug to treat prostate cancer is effective with patients who had previously been treated with chemotherapy. The results of the study of MDV3100 — made by the biopharmaceutical company Medivation Inc. in San Francisco and Astellas Pharma Inc. in Tokyo, Japan — will be presented tomorrow…
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Risk-Based Air Passenger Screening Could Improve Security
A University of Illinois computer scientist has developed algorithms to assess the relative risk of air passengers that can improve the effectiveness of pre-flight security checks. The work of Sheldon Jacobson in Urbana, Illinois, with Springfield researcher Adrian Lee, appears in the December 2011 issue of the journal Transportation Science (paid subscription required). Jacobson —…
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$600K Foundation Grant to Fund Cancer Genomics Research
The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) in Phoenix and the University of Arizona in Tucson for the study of targeted cancer therapies. The three-year grant will enable TGen and the university to continue its NFCR Center for Targeted Cancer Therapies, created in…
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Maryland Utility to Purchase Solar Contest Winning House
The electric utility company Pepco says it will purchase the WaterShed house that won the 2011 Solar Decathlon contest in October. The house was built by faculty and students at the University of Maryland in College Park, its current location. The 2011 Solar Decathlon pitted 20 teams representing institutions in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and…
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Nanotech Paint Devised to Monitor for Structural Damage
Researcher engineers at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, U.K. have developed a type of paint that can help detect early signs of structural damage in bridges or buildings. Because this “smart paint” can be applied like any other paint and requires little maintenance, it costs a small fraction of traditional instrument-based sensors. Strathclyde civil engineering…