Tag: grant
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Lab Developing Fabric that Repels Chemical, Bio Agents
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is developing a new material for military wear that repels chemical and biological agents using a fabric made from carbon nanotubes. The five-year, $13 million project is funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, with collaborators from MIT, Rutgers, University of Massachusetts, Natick (Mass.) Soldier Research Development and Engineering…
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Study Aims for Improved Oil Extraction Methods Using CO2
Engineers at University of Pittsburgh are studying new, more economical ways of extracting crude oil from older wells using carbon dioxide (CO2). The work of principal investigators Eric Beckman and Robert Enick is funded by a 1.3 million grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Energy. Older oil wells…
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Rice, NIST to Partner on Nanoscale Carbon Materials Research
Rice University in Houston and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland will collaborate in research on nanoscale carbon particles interacting with other materials at the molecular and atomic levels. The five-year, $2.7 million cooperative research agreement is funded by NIST and expected to benefit the emerging field of advanced nanomaterials manufacturing.…
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NSF Grant Funds Research on CO2 as Fossil Fuel Substitute
Brown University in Providence received a $1.75 million grant for research on substituting carbon dioxide for fossil fuels in industrial chemicals. The funding from National Science Foundation’s Centers for Chemical Innovation program will support a joint chemical innovation program at Brown and Yale universities, headed by principal investigator Tayhas Palmore (pictured left), a materials scientist…
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Resourceful Robot for High-Level Tasks in Development
A research team at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta is building a robot with the ability to use objects in its environment to accomplish high-level tasks. The three-year project, being led by computer scientist Mike Stilman, is funded by a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. “We want to understand the…
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Enhanced MRI in Development for Faster Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Researchers at University of York in the U.K. are developing a new process that increases the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to diagnose molecular events behind disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. York’s Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange or SABRE project conducting the research recently received a £3.6 million ($US 5.8 million) Strategic Award…
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NSF Grant to Fund Natural Gas Development Impacts Study
An engineering research team at University of Colorado in Boulder will study the balance between natural gas development and its effects on ecosystems and communities. The five-year, $12 million study is funded by National Science Foundation under its Sustainability Research Network initiative. The Colorado team led by environmental engineering professor Joseph Ryan will examine social,…
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Artificial Kidney Project Lands New $750,000 Funding
The Kidney Project, an academic-corporate initiative led by University of California in San Francisco to develop an implantable device to replace failed kidneys, secured a new $750,000 grant from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation. The funding supplements a $2.25 million grant received this summer from National Institutes of Health (NIH). The artificial kidney aims…
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Clinical Trial to Evaluate Type 2 Diabetes Treatments
A clinical trial coordinated by George Washington University in Washington, D.C. will test the effectiveness of glucose-lowering drugs in treating type 2 diabetes. The five year, $134 million study is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at National Institute of Health. John Lachin, professor of biostatistics, epidemiology and…
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Grant to Fund Study of Cyber Crime Economics, Networks
Computer scientists at University of California in San Diego, University of California in Berkeley, and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia received a National Science Foundation grant to better understand the economics and network dynamics of cyber crime. The five-year, $10 million study will investigate economic motivations and social interactions among cyber criminals, as well…