Tag: university
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U.K., Indian Spin Offs to Partner on Drug Discovery
InhibOx Ltd. in Oxford, U.K. and COSMIC Discoveries in Hyderabad, India, signed a partnership to offer drug discovery services combining their computational, medicinal, and synthetic chemistry capabilities. Both companies are spin-off enterprises of academic or research institutions — Oxford University and the Institute of Life Sciences, respectively. InhibOx provides computational drug discovery services, and has…
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Solar/Thermal Power Alternative Being Developed for Soldiers
A new type of personal power pack in development by six universities in the U.K. could reduce the weight troops carry when engaged on the battlefield. The solar and thermoelectric-powered system aims to weigh up to fifty per cent less than conventional chemical battery packs used by British infantry. The two-year project is being developed…
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Russian, U.S. Scientists Develop Online Agricultural Maps
A team of researchers from Russia and the U.S. have developed AgroAtlas, an online resource of agricultural and geographic data for Russia and surrounding countries. The publicly available collection, with downloadable tools to analyze the data, is a joint project of Russian universities and institutes, and the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, with funding from the…
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Nanotubes Reduce Energy Drain in Digital Memory
University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. The student-faculty team at the school’s Champaign campus published its findings online in this week’s Science Express (paid subscription required). Flash memory in mobile devices today stores bits — 0/1…
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Evotec to Partner with HHMI, Harvard on Diabetes Drugs
Evotec AG, a biotechnology company in Hamburg, Germany announced today a research collaboration with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), in Chevy Chase, Maryland to discover and develop new diabetes treatments. The partnership aims to identify and develop physiological mechanisms and targets that regulate beta cell replication. Beta cells are…
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Nanoparticles Improve Delivery of Chemotherapy Drugs
An engineering professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois has discovered a process for combining nanoscale carbon particles to chemotherapy drugs to improve the drugs’ effectiveness on tumors. Dean Ho and his colleagues published their findings in this week’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription required). In studies of liver and breast…
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Positive Responses Recorded to Contact with Robotic Nurse
In an early study, engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta found people generally had a positive response to being touched by a robotic nurse, but their perception of the robot’s intent made a significant difference in the way they responded. The team’s results are being presented at the Human-Robot Interaction Conference underway in…
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Springy Properties Discovered in Nanotech Metal Alloys
Researchers from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey have identified a class of high-strength metal alloys that show potential to make springs, sensors, and switches smaller and more responsive. Their findings will appear on 11 March in the journal Physical Review Letters. The Rutgers team discovered new elasticity properties in nanostructured metal alloys currently…
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Laser Technology Can Cut Solar Cell Costs, Raise Efficiency
Researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana are developing a manufacturing technology based on fast, pulsing lasers that aims to make solar cells more affordable and efficient. The technology creates small microchannels needed to connect solar panels into an array that generates usable amounts of power. Yung Shin, engineering professor and director of Purdue’s…
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Trial to Test Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois and 10 other U.S. hospitals are testing a gene therapy called CERE-120 to evaluate if it can improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. CERE-120 is an experimental gene transfer drug being developed by Ceregene Inc. in San Diego, California. The drug contains the human gene for neuturin, a…