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Artificial Muscles Designed for Soft Robotics
Engineering researchers created artificial muscles for robotics using principles from origami, or Japanese paper folding, with high strength and low-cost materials.
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Survey: More Research Patents, Start-Ups in 2016
A survey of universities and other institutions shows the number of patent filings and new start-up companies resulting from federally-funded research climbed in 2016.
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Trial to Test Ultrasound/MRI for Brain Cancer
A developer of a technology that combines ultrasound and MRI scans plans to begin a clinical trial of its techniques to improve delivery of drugs to treat a form of brain cancer.
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Large-Scale Genome Editing Technology in Development
Two biotechnology companies are creating an automated process for delivering large, complex genetic cargoes into cells for genome editing.
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Your Business’s Tech: A Blessing Or A Curse?
A lot of people simply aren’t sure just how much of a benefit or drawback embracing tech in their business can be. The truth is that it’s a little bit of both much of the time.
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Infographic – Patenting Among Top Tech Companies
CB Insights compiled a recent research brief with a chart showing where the top five technology companies — Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft — are placing their bets with new patent applications.
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Happy Thanksgiving 2017
23 November 2017. Today is our Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., a day of family gatherings, feasting, football, and in New York, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. We have our own tradition here at Science & Enterprise, Arlo Guthrie’s singing of Alice’s Restaurant, a story about Thanksgiving and a whole lot more. The video is…
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Will We Live To See Mars Colonized?
Humanity has overcome some pretty steep odds in the past, so who knows. Is colonizing Mars actually viable?
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Rapid DNA, RNA Capture Technique Devised
Researchers in Australia developed a simple and inexpensive dipstick technique that captures and purifies specimen samples for genetic analysis in about 30 seconds.
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Genome Editing Enhances CAR T-Cells to Fight Cancer
A process using genome editing is shown to bolster cancer-fighting properties of T-cells from the immune system already modified to attack cancer cells.