Tag: university
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Copper Compound Nanoparticles Advance Battery Electrodes
Materials scientists at Stanford University in California have developed a new, longer-lasting battery electrode with crystalline nanoparticles of a copper compound. Their discovery, with implications for solar and wind energy storage on the power grid, is described this week in the journal Nature Communications (paid subscription required). According to the authors — materials science professor…
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Liquid-Based Hydrogen Storage Material Developed
Chemists at University of Oregon in Eugene have developed a liquid storage material for hydrogen that advances the prospect for hydrogen as a fuel that can replace gasoline. The Oregon researchers describe their findings online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (paid subscription required). A team led by materials science researcher Shih-Yuan Liu…
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University Awarded U.S. Patent for HPV Discovery
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to University of Rochester in New York for research conducted on the human papillomavirus virus (HPV). The research by Rochester virologists Robert Rose, Richard Reichman, and William Bonnez led to development of vaccines now used to prevent cervical and other cancers caused by HPV. The…
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Genomics Testing Offered to Guide Cancer Treatments
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri now provides a test for mutations in 28 genes associated with cancer to help determine the best treatment for cancer patients. Genes in the test are expected to cover a variety of different tumors, including those from blood, lymph, lung, brain, bladder, kidney, skin, stomach, prostate and breast cancers.…
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MedImmune, Univ. of Michigan to Partner on Biologics
University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and MedImmune in Gaithersburg, Maryland have agreed to collaborate on research leading to new biologic therapies for a range of diseases. MedImmune is the biologics division of the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Biologics are treatments or therapies developed through biological processes, such as genes or cellular products,…
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Process Developed for Delivering Appetite Control Hormone
Researchers at Syracuse University in New York and Murdoch University in Australia have devised a method for binding an appetite-suppressing hormone to vitamin B12, a key step needed for delivering the hormone in gum or tablet form. Their process is described online in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (paid subscription required). Syracuse chemistry professor Robert…
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Genetically Altered Algae Increases Biomass for Biofuels
An Iowa State University biologist has developed a process for genetically altering a strain of algae to increase its biomass content by up to 80 percent. This discovery, which can lead to enhanced production of biofuels from non-food sources, is available for licensing from the university’s technology transfer office. Martin Spalding (pictured right), leads a…
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University Develops, Licenses Autonomous Robotics Technology
Engineers and computer scientists at Harvard University have developed small, inexpensive robots with algorithms that enable the devices to work on their own or together in groups. The technology for Kilobots, as they are called, has been licensed to a Swiss company for manufacture and marketing. The tiny robots, about the size of a quarter…
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Harvard Entrepreneur Center Opens
Harvard University officially opened its Innovation Lab today, a center on a satellite campus across the Charles River in Boston, to encourage entrepreneurial activities by students and faculty. The i-Lab, as its called, aims to bring together entrepreneurs from the local community, as well as encourage innovation across Harvard’s schools and academic disciplines. The i-Lab,…
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Aetna, Harvard Medical to Partner on Bioinformatics Research
The insurance company Aetna Inc. in Hartford, Connecticut and Harvard Medical School in Boston have agreed to find new ways to analyze health care data to further clinical research and improve the quality and affordability of health care. The research will be conducted by the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School and Aetna…