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Trial to Test Cardiac Potential of Anti-Inflammatory Drug
A clinical trial led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston will test the ability of a common anti-inflammatory drug to reduce rates of heart disease in high-risk patients. The trial is funded by grants from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of National Institutes of Health. Over 2 million people in the United…
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Power Cell Converts and Stores Energy in Single Unit
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta developed a single device that converts mechanical energy directly into chemical energy, and stores the power until released as an electrical current. The Georgia Tech team led by materials scientist and engineer Zhong Lin Wang (pictured right) published its findings earlier this month in the journal Nano…
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Video Camera Captures Athletic Images and Performance Data
A new type of video camera developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Erlangen, Germany captures images of athletes as well as real-time data on their performance. Fraunhofer plans to demonstrate the INCA intelligent camera at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, 7-11 September. The small INCA camera (pictured left), measuring 2x2x8 centimeters,…
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Oregon State Opens Wave Energy Test Facility
Oregon State University began operations this week of one of the first public wave energy testing systems in the U.S. The Ocean Sentinel, as the system is called, is a $1.5 million mooring platform located two miles off Yaquina Head on the central Oregon coast, and available to academic and industry researchers working in wave…
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University Develops Surgical Blood Capture Device
Biomedical engineers at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, U.K. built a device that salvages blood from surgery patients and prepares the blood for retransfusion back to the patient. The HemoSep device, designed for open-heart and major trauma surgery, can reduce the volume and problems connected with donated blood. Current techniques for autotransfusion, as the process…
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Medical Device Company Gets $20M in Venture Financing
Ornim Inc., a developer of blood oxygen and blood flow monitors in Lod, Israel, secured $20 million in series B venture funding, the second financing cycle after initial start-up. The round was led by life sciences investment firm OrbiMed, with participants including the GE healthymagination Fund and Agate Medical Investments LP. Ornim develops monitors focusing…
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Microbe Genetically Engineered to Produce Biofuel
A research team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineered the genes of a soil bacterium so the organism can produce isobutanol, a “drop-in” biofuel. The team led by biologist Anthony Sinskey, including chemists and engineers from MIT, published its findings online in the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (paid subscription required). Sinskey and colleagues investigated…
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Effects Assessed of Manufactured Nanoparticles on Soybeans
Researchers from University of California in Santa Barbara found manufactured nanoparticles disposed after manufacturing or customer use can end up in agricultural soil and eventually affect soybean crops. Findings of the team that includes academic, government, and corporate researchers from elsewhere in California, Texas, Iowa, New York, and Korea appear online today in the Proceedings…
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European Businesses Expect 4 Percent Annual R&D Growth
A survey of executives from larger companies in Europe shows the executives anticipate spending four percent more per year on research and development in the years 2012 to 2014. The report is based on responses from 187 executives conducted in January through April 2012 in companies that spent €56 billion, which makes up about 40…
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New Methods Developed to Combat Drug Counterfeiting
Two presentations at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia highlight new methods for combating counterfeit drugs, particularly in developing countries. Toni Barstis of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana (pictured right) discussed a paper-strip test for Panadol, a pain killer based on acetaminophen, and Facundo Fernández at Georgia Tech in…