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A Chevrolet Volt and replica of the t-shaped battery pack (Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors) The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) today released its first Quadrennial Technology Review report, an assessment of the Department’s technology research and development portfolios. The report urges the department to focus its R&D more on . . . → Read More: DoE Science Review Boosts Transport, Grid, Quicker Payoffs  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Business conditions, Finance  biofuels, cleantech, economics, energy, engineering, physical sciences, solar, wind A flexible film made of copper nanowires and plastic conducts electricity illuminating a small light bulb. (Ben Wiley, Duke University) Research chemists at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina have developed a film made of copper nanowires that could replace expensive rare earths now used in digital displays. The discovery by Duke chemistry . . . → Read More: Copper Nanofilm Can Replace Rare Earth in Digital Displays 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property, New products chemistry, cleantech, energy, engineering, entrepreneurs, licensing, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, solar, university (A. Kotok) A study indicates that changes in stock prices of companies in phase 3 clinical trials of their cancer drugs were associated with the outcomes of those trials in the period before the results were publicly announced. The findings of Allan Desky of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada and colleagues appear . . . → Read More: Drug Company Stock Prices Linked to Cancer Trial Results One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, Regulations cancer, clinical trials, economics, investment, pharmaceuticals (Research.gov) The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) in Vancouver, Canada and Swiss pharmaceutical maker F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. have agreed to collaborate on development and commercialization of new drug therapies. The exact therapies are yet to be defined, according to the announcement, but will be “for the treatment of diseases with . . . → Read More: Roche, Canadian Not-for-Profit to Partner on New Drugs Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, Canada, investment, life sciences, pharmaceuticals (Brookhaven National Lab) A team of engineers and computer scientists at Kansas State University in Manhattan have received a $1.1 grant to research better ways of distributing solar power to homes and businesses. The grant, funded by National Science Foundation’s Cyber-Physical Systems program, aims to give utilities generating solar energy better tools for . . . → Read More: NSF Grant to Fund Research on Power Distribution Comments are closed Finance cleantech, computer science, energy, engineering, grant, mathematics, NSF, physical sciences, software, university (Idaho National Lab) Clemson University in Greenville, South Carolina has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a research and education program in sustainable vehicle systems. The program will be part of Clemson’s International Center for Automotive Research. The new program at Clemson aims to overcome barriers in . . . → Read More: Clemson University Creates Sustainable Vehicle Center One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance cleantech, energy, engineering, grant, physical sciences, university Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to improve the performance of engineered heart tissue patches with gold nanowires. The findings from the team of physicians, engineers, and materials scientists appear online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology (paid subscription required). Patches of engineered heart tissue, made with . . . → Read More: Gold Nanowires Add Conductivity to Heart Tissue Patches Comments are closed New products biomedical, engineering, life sciences, materials science, medical device, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university The Global Scholars Program, a six-month training program on entrepreneurship offered by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri is now accepting applications for 2012. The foundation encourages recent (since 2009) undergraduate or graduate degree recipients with ideas for new businesses in the natural or physical sciences, technology, and engineering fields. Applicants need . . . → Read More: Kauffman Global Scholars Program Applications Now Open Comments are closed Finance engineering, entrepreneurs, grant, life sciences, physical sciences, university (Oxfam America) The National Science Foundation’s Plant Genome Research Program has awarded a $3.6 million grant to New York University to study the response of rice to environmental change. NYU’s Michael Purugganan and Richard Bonneau, who are part of the university’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, will head the study, and collaborate . . . → Read More: NYU to Study Response of Rice to Environmental Change Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations agriculture, Asia, computer science, grant, life sciences, NSF, software, university MRI machine (NIH) Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have found what they believe is a likely cause of the dizzy feeling patients experience when subjected to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The findings from the team led by systems engineer Dale Roberts appear online in the journal Current Biology. Many patients . . . → Read More: Likely Cause of Vertigo from MRI Identified Comments are closed New products, Regulations biomedical, engineering, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, physics, university |
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