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(National Institutes of Health) A group of research agencies in Europe, Canada, and Israel have combined resources to fund studies aimed at increasing healthy life expectancy by two years in the European Union by 2020. Europe’s first joint call for aging research — ERA-AGE 2 — will offer a total of €4.2 million . . . → Read More: European Consortium to Fund Research on Life Expectancy  Comments are closed  Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations  biomedical, economics, Europe, grant, life sciences Optofluidic fluorescent cytometry device (UCLA) Engineers at University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have built a device that combines imaging cytometry and florescent microscopy and can be attached to a cell phone. The device — pictured right — used to image bodily fluids for cell counts or cell analysis, is described in . . . → Read More: Inexpensive Flow Cytometer Developed on Cell Phone Platform Comments are closed New products biomedical, engineering, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, university Microfluidic chip for genetic analysis (Univ. of British Columbia) A team at University of British Columbia in Vancouver has developed a small silicon chip that the researchers say can make genetic analysis faster and more sensitive. The findings have been accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The . . . → Read More: Faster Lab-On-a-Chip Devised for Genetic Analysis Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, biotechnology, genomics, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, university Researchers (L-R) Nancy Sottos, Scott White, and Jeff Moore (L. Brian Stauffer, Univ. of Illinois) Researchers at University of Illinois in Champaign have developed composite materials with tiny embedded channels, and potential properties such as self-healing or self-cooling. The team published their findings earlier this month in the journal Advanced Materials (paid subscription . . . → Read More: Composite Materials Developed with Liquid or Gas Channels One comment - (Comments are closed) New products chemistry, engineering, materials science, physical sciences, university (Dupont) The global chemical company DuPont says it has acquired Innovalight Inc. in Sunnyvale, California that develops silicon inks and process technologies to increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Innovalight’s silicon ink is made of silicon nano-particles dispersed in an environmentally friendly blend . . . → Read More: DuPont Acquires Nanotech Solar Materials Developer Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations chemistry, cleantech, economics, energy, investment, manufacturing, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, solar Software developed at Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico gives public water utilities early warnings of water quality threats from terrorists or natural contaminants. The open-source code, written in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is available as a free download. The software, known as CANARY, can tells utility operators in minutes of . . . → Read More: National Lab Software Helps Safeguard Public Water Supplies Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations, New products computer science, energy, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences, software Researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena have developed a new process for 3D optical imaging of live biological samples. The new approach that produces images of higher resolution, penetration depth — for seeing deep inside 3D samples — and imaging speed are described online in the journal Nature Methods (paid subscription required). . . . → Read More: Caltech Develops High Rez, High Speed, High Depth 3D Imaging 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property, New products computer science, engineering, life sciences, patent, physical sciences, physics, university (FDA.gov) The Food and Drug Administration published its proposed needs for regulatory science in the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), its main drug regulating division. The document is available for public review and comments, which close 60 days following the 21 July 2011 publication. CDER regulates over-the-counter and prescription drugs, . . . → Read More: FDA Outlines Regulatory Science Needs for Drug Evaluations 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, FDA, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, physical sciences An EU-funded project is developing a sensor system for smaller cars to detect distances between cars on the road, and other safety features. The system, consisting of a camera, lenses, and infared LED, is being built by the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) in Berlin, Germany, with the Italian automaker Fiat and chip . . . → Read More: Project Developing Inexpensive Auto Safety Sensors Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations, New products computer science, engineering, Europe, physical sciences, semiconductors (National Institutes of Health) The inexpensive handheld glucose meters familiar to diabetics can now perform more diagnostic tests, based on research by chemistry faculty at University of Illinois at Champaign. Their findings appear in the online edition of the journal Nature Chemistry (paid subscription required). Chemistry professor Yi Lu and postdoc Yu Xiang . . . → Read More: Illinois Chemists Extend Functions of Glucose Meters One comment - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, university |
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