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Energy Dept. Scales Back FutureGen CO2 Capture Project
The St. Louis Business Journal reports today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has backed away from its original plan to build a new carbon sequestration facility in southern Illinois, choosing instead to retrofit an existing power plant in the same region. The new design, funded by a $1 billion Recovery Act grant, is…
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Patent Issued for Nucleic Acid Extraction Technology
Akonni Biosystems in Frederick, Maryland, received a U.S. patent for its “Apparatus, system, and method for purifying nucleic acids” technology, which applies to its nucleic acid binding matrix when inserted into a pipette tip, tubing or cartridge for nucleic acid purification. According to Akonni Biosystems, this technology can reduce to a few minutes the time…
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Granholm Offers Michigan as Template for Clean Energy Economy
Probably no U.S. state has suffered more from the collapse of American manufacturing in the first decade of the 21st century than Michigan. But that state’s governor now offers Michigan’s experience as a model for rebuilding the country’s economy with clean energy as its core. Governor Jennifer Granholm — in a talk that was equal…
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Biotech Company, University to Partner on Polymers
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a biotechnology company in Lansing, Michigan confirmed that the company entered into a collaborative research and development agreement with the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana for the development of new polymers. Polymers are molecules strung in long repeating chains that are found in a host of natural and…
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Venture to Produce Membranes for Hydrogen Separation, CO2 Capture
Eltron Research & Development Inc. in Boulder, Colorado and Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee have agreed to jointly scale up and pilot test Eltron’s membrane system for hydrogen separation and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. The $8 million project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Eltron’s metallic membrane system extracts pure hydrogen from…
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New Standard Advanced for Labeling on Injectable Medications
An expert committee of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), a standards–setting body for prescription and over–the–counter medicines, has advanced a new labeling standard for injectable products, to reduce the likelihood of errors in the administration of these drugs. The new standard, to be published on 1 November 2010, applies to the top (circle) surface of…
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Cypress Bioscience to Cut Business Lines, Slash Workforce
Cypress Bioscience in San Diego, California announced today several cost-cutting measures including a sharp reduction in staff. The steps announced will end a co-promotion agreement with Forest Laboratories, and close the company’s personalized testing services. The drug development company discontinued an agreement with Forest Laboratories to co-promote Savella, its drug for fibromyalgia, a disorder causing…
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Gulf Coast Ecosystem Imaging Data Collected
TTI Exploration, a geosciences technology company in Houston, Texas says it has successfully acquired some 26,000 square kilometers of ultra high-resolution, hyperspectral surface images over environmentally sensitive areas in Louisiana and Mississippi. The company acquired the imaging data as part of Operation GulfSCAN, an initiative it launched to measure the health of the Gulf coastal…
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Clean Tech Venture Capital Hits $1.5 Billion in 2nd Quarter
Venture capital (VC) investment in U.S. clean technology (cleantech) companies in the second quarter of 2010 hit $1.5 billion in 68 financing rounds, according to an Ernst & Young analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. Automotive, solar, and alternative fuel companies attracted the most investment dollars. Ernst & Young says this was the…
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Louisiana Tech Researcher Awarded Biomedical Engineering Patent
The U.S. Patent Office has issued a patent to Mark DeCoster, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, for his invention of an electromagnetic probe used in medical devices. Deoster and co-inventor Nicolas Bazan of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, built the “Electromagnetic Probe Device,” at Louisiana Tech’s…