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Douglas Crawford (Elisabeth Fall, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences) A case study of innovation in the life sciences in San Francisco shows academic researchers, with the right kind of support, can generate a high number of start-up companies producing new products for the marketplace. The study focuses on the California Institute for Quantitative . . . → Read More: Life Sciences Can Generate Start-Ups, With a Little Help  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Business conditions, Finance  biomedical, economics, entrepreneurs, equity, grant, investment, licensing, life sciences, medical device, pharmaceuticals, university, venture capital Fabián Bustamante (Northwestern University) Computer scientists at Northwestern University in Illinois found the global trend toward public domain name systems (DNSs) — to look up Internet addresses before making connections — is slowing down the Web for many visitors. A team led by Northwestern computer science professor Fabián Bustamante (pictured left) will discuss . . . → Read More: Public Domain Name Services Found Slowing Web Performance Comments are closed Regulations computer science, engineering, physical sciences, software, university Peter Wilcox potato (University of Florida/Agricultural Research Service) Researchers with the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture developed a new breed of potato with higher levels of carotenoids, plant pigments considered beneficial to human health. The work of plant geneticist Kathy Haynes at the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland . . . → Read More: New Potato Type Bred for Higher Carotenoid Levels Stuart Holden (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) An online database to help men track the progression of their prostate cancer started yesterday to help patients avoid complications from overtreatment. The new program is part of the National Proactive Surveillance Network, a joint project of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Cedars-Sinai . . . → Read More: Online Prostate Cancer Patient Tracking Database Launches 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, cancer, engineering, life sciences, medical device, software, university (Brookhaven National Lab) Americans used less energy overall in 2011 than in 2010 due mainly to reductions in the amount of energy wasted, along with natural gas and renewable sources increasing, and coal declining. The findings were published in an annual accounting of national energy supply and demand by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, . . . → Read More: Americans Use More Gas and Renewables, Less Coal in 2011 Comments are closed Business conditions biofuels, cleantech, economics, energy, solar, statistics, wind The chemical company Merck in Darmstadt, Germany will license ink-jet ink technology from electronics manufacturer Seiko Epson in Tokyo for the manufacture of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) television displays. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. OLEDs use thin films of carbon-based materials — thus the name “organic” — placed between two conductors. When . . . → Read More: Merck, Seiko Epson to Partner on Organic LED Inkjet Inks One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations Asia, chemistry, engineering, Europe, Japan, licensing, physical sciences Sample of nanofibrillated cellulose film (Vera Adolfi, Aalto University) Chemical researchers at Aalto University in Espoo, Finland and North Carolina State University in Raleigh developed a testing medium that can make it easier to conduct medical diagnostics in doctors’ offices rather than separate labs. The work of Aalto doctoral candidate Hannes Orelma and . . . → Read More: New Non-Plastic Medical Testing Film Developed One comment - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, chemistry, engineering, Europe, life sciences, materials science, medical device, physical sciences, university Nathan Hillson, center, with the PaR-PaR development team, from left: Nina Stawski, Changhao Bi, Sean Poust, and Gregory Linshiz. (Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California created a programming language for robotic devices in biology labs. The high-level language called PaR-PaR . . . → Read More: Robotic Programming Language Devised for Bio Labs Comments are closed New products computer science, energy, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences, robotics, software Song-Charng Kong, left, with bio-oil samples, and Nicholas Creager holding the bio-oil gasifier’s reactor. (Bob Elbert, Iowa State University) Engineers at Iowa State University in Ames are testing a new machine that converts biomass to oil and then gas, for conversion to transportation and boiler fuels. The new bio-oil gasifier is part of . . . → Read More: Iowa State Testing Bio-Oil Gasifier for Biofuels One comment - (Comments are closed) New products agriculture, biofuels, energy, engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, mathematics, physical sciences, university (WomensHealth.gov) A larger percentage of Americans with hypertension had their blood pressure under control by the end of 2010 than in 2001, a gain attributed to higher use of multiple drugs to treat the condition. The findings from the study conducted by National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for . . . → Read More: More Americans Get Blood Pressure Under Control by 2010 Comments are closed Regulations biomedical, heart disease, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, statistics |
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