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  • Lab: Algae Can Produce Fuel Equivalent to 17 Pct of Imports

    A study by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington estimates that growing algae for biofuel could realistically replace 17 percent of the nation’s imported oil for transportation. The research team from the lab, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and other colleagues published its findings in the journal Water Resources Research…

  • Univ. Licenses Air Quality Monitoring Technology

    An instrument to measure air quality, developed by researchers at University of Nevada in Reno, has been licensed for commercial development to Droplet Measurement Technologies of Boulder, Colorado. The device, invented by physics professor Pat Arnott (pictured left) and student Ian Arnold, is believed to be more economical, more portable, and more accurate than older…

  • Prof. Develops Open-Space Laser Transmission Technology

    An emerging technology for transmitting data with lasers through open space is being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The technology that aims to exceed the communications capabilities of fiber-optic transmission without the fiber is being studied by physics and engineering professor Rainer Martini (pictured left), who has also started a…

  • National Lab Develops Material for Safe Hydrogen Storage

    Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California have designed a new composite material that allows hydrogen to be stored safely and at high densities, while still making it easily accessible.

  • U.K. Company Licenses Harvard Graphene DNA Technology

    Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. in Oxford, U.K. said today it signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University to commercialize graphene technology from Harvard’s labs for DNA sequencing. The company already has a deal with Harvard’s technology transfer office to develop basic sensing methods through solid-state nanopores. Graphene is a robust, single-atom thick lattice of carbon…

  • Ultrasound System Developed for Submarine Data, Power

    An engineering doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York has developed a new system using ultrasound to transmit large quantities of data and power wirelessly through thick metal walls, like the hulls of ships and submarines. The system built and demonstrated by Tristan Lawry (pictured right) is one of three finalists for…

  • Improved Methods Match Suspect Sketches to Mugshots

    A computer science/engineering team at Michigan State University in East Lansing has developed a set of algorithms and created software that automatically match hand-drawn facial sketches to mug shots stored in law enforcement databases. Their findings appear in the March 2011 issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (paid subscription…

  • Canadians, Americans Get Different Drug Info in Web Searches

    A research team at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada report that Canadians and Americans get much different search results when they look up prescription drug information online. Their findings were published yesterday in the online issue of the Annals of Pharmacotherapy (paid subscription required). The researchers found residents of the United States…

  • USPTO Updates Patent Examiner Guidelines

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed a supplement to its patent examiner guidelines that the agency says will clarify the scope of patent rights to the public. USPTO released the proposed guidelines in the Federal Register for a 60-day public comment period. The new guidelines address section 112 of the Patent Act,…

  • AstraZeneca, HealthCore Partner on Health Outcomes Research

    AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and HealthCore Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware, said today they will collaborate on real-world studies to determine how to most effectively and economically treat disease. HealthCore Inc. is the clinical outcomes research subsidiary of the health insurance company WellPoint Inc. The research is expected to include prospective and retrospective observational studies on disease states…