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  • Contaminants in City Soil Found Similar to Industrial Sites

    Engineers at University of Iowa in Iowa City tested residential soil in nearby Cedar Rapids after the city flooded in 2008 and found industrial pollutants similar to those found at industrial sites. The findings appear in the online issue of the journal Environmental Pollution (paid subscription required), and scheduled to appear in print in the…

  • Graphene-Based Nanotech Gas Detector Developed

    Engineers from the U.S. and China devised a foam substance made from graphene that is more sensitive in detecting potentially dangerous and explosive chemicals than current technologies. The researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenyang published their research in the journal Scientific Reports. The graphene-based…

  • Commentary: Manufacturing the Health Care Venture Crisis

    Rahm Emanuel, the current mayor Chicago and former chief of staff to President Obama, once famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) has gone Emanuel one better, using highly selected bits and pieces from an industry survey to predict an imminent retreat by investors…

  • Study Outlines Regulatory Issues for Natural Gas Fracking

    A new report by researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina outlines health and environmental measures for lawmakers in that state to consider as they debate the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The study has been accepted for publication in the spring 2012 issue of the journal Duke Environmental…

  • Diagnostics Developer Secures $100M Series C Financing

    Biocartis, a diagnostic systems company in Lausanne, Switzerland says it completed raising €71 million (US$100 million) in series C equity funds, led by the company’s senior management and  backed by current and new investors, as well as industrial collaborators. Series C financing is the third round of equity funding after start-up. Biocartis develops compact molecular…

  • Treatment for Rare Bone Marrow Disease Gains FDA Approval

    The Food and Drug Administration today approved the drug ruxolitinib, to treat the bone marrow disease myelofibrosis, for marketing in the U.S. Ruxolitinib is marketed under the brand name Jakafi by Incyte Corporation, a biotechnology company in Wilmington, Delaware. Jakafi is a pill taken two times a day to inhibit enzymes called Janus Associated Kinase…

  • National Lab: U.S. Energy, Fossil Fuels Use Up in 2010

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California reports total U.S. energy use grew in 2010, particularly in the burning of fossil fuels. The lab’s annual accounting also shows the nation’s overall renewable fuel use in 2010 remained about the same as 2009, but wind energy and biomass power increased. Total energy use in the U.S. grew…

  • Universities, Companies Partner on Data Center Power Use

    Three U.S. universities have joined with 15 companies in a collaborative research center to increase energy efficiency and help create a greener electronics industry. Researchers at Binghamton University in New York, Villanova University in Pennsylvania, and University of Texas at Arlington are the institutions taking part in the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Energy-Efficient Electronic…

  • National Lab, MIT Launch Materials Discovery Database

    Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a database to accelerate discovery and development of new materials in critical technologies. The Department of Energy database, part of an initiative called the Materials Project, will be available to scientists and engineers at universities, national laboratories, and private industry. Parts…

  • FDA Grant Funds Georgetown University Regulatory Center [Updated]

    Update, 26 October 2011:  A similar center of excellence will be established at University of Maryland in College Park, also funded by a $1 million  FDA grant. Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. will establish a Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI), with initial funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The…