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By Alan, on May 23rd, 2016% Photo sequence showing photonic fence illuminating and killing mosquito with laser (Intellectual Ventures Laboratory)
23 May 2016. Tests with two species of insects show an electronic device called a photonic fence can identify, track, and kill harmful bugs while in flight. Results of the tests, conducted by Intellectual Ventures Laboratory in Bellevue, Washington, . . . → Read More: Smart Laser Device Tracks, Kills Mosquitoes
By Alan, on May 23rd, 2016% (Public Domain Pictures/Pixabay)
23 May 2016. A life sciences venture capital company is funding development of a technology at an Israeli research lab using DNA from blood tests to diagnose a range of diseases. Aurum Ventures is providing $1.2 million to Hebrew University of Jerusalem, through its technology transfer affiliate Yissum Research Development . . . → Read More: Venture Firm Funding Univ. Blood Diagnostics Technology
By Alan, on May 20th, 2016% Rubber rings used to test rubber-graphite composites. From left, natural rubber alone, natural rubber with graphene oxide added, natural rubber with reduced graphene oxide (University of Manchester)
20 May 2016. A team in the U.K. discovered that adding a small amount of the material graphene creates more stretchable thin films made from natural . . . → Read More: Graphene Adds Stretch to Natural Rubber, Plastic Films
By Alan, on May 20th, 2016% Drug particles in suspension, with excess surfactants removed (Jonathan Lovell, University at Buffalo)
20 May 2016. A team of engineers and chemists developed a process for enhancing the purity and safety of drugs given with injections by removing excess additives, while keeping the drugs easy to inject. Researchers from University at Buffalo in . . . → Read More: New Process Boosts Injectable Drug Purity, Safety
By Alan, on May 19th, 2016%
Carolina Horta Andrade at Federal University of Goiás in Brazil, the lead researcher on the OpenZika project. (Ana Fortunato, IBM)
19 May 2016. A consortium in Brazil and the U.S. is employing distributed grid computing to provide processing power for research on prospective compounds for treating Zika virus infections. The OpenZika project is using . . . → Read More: Grid Computing Power Applied to Zika Research
By Alan, on May 19th, 2016% David Raiser, left, and Iain MacLeod, founders of Aldatu Biosciences (Aldatu Biosciences)
19 May 2016. A spin-off company from Harvard University is licensing genetics research to develop more powerful tools to detect drug-resistant strains of HIV. Financial details of the agreement between the 2 year-old Aldatu Biosciences Inc. and Harvard were not disclosed.
. . . → Read More: Start-Up Licenses Genetics Technology for HIV Diagnostics
By Alan, on May 18th, 2016% Gordie Howe (GordieHowe.com)
Updated 10 June 2016. Gordie Howe died today at age 88.
18 May 2016. A company developing stem cell therapies says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its application for a clinical trial testing stem cell treatments for traumatic brain injury. The intermediate-stage trial, sponsored by Stemedica Cell Technologies . . . → Read More: FDA Approves Trial Testing Stem Cells for Brain Injuries
By Alan, on May 18th, 2016% E. coli bacteria (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
18 May 2016. A team at York University in Toronto designed a water-testing kit connecting to a smartphone that makes testing for water-borne bacteria faster and less expensive. The Mobile Water Kit, from the lab of engineering professor Sushanta Mitra, is described in . . . → Read More: Fast, Inexpensive Test for Water Bacteria Developed
By Alan, on May 17th, 2016% Robotic exosuit being tested (Biodesign Lab, Harvard University)
17 May 2016. A robotics company is licensing technology from a bioengineering lab at Harvard University to develop systems for people needing help with mobility, such as those with multiple sclerosis or suffering a stroke. Financial aspects of the deal between ReWalk Robotics Ltd. in . . . → Read More: ReWalk, Wyss Institute Developing Soft Exoskeleton Robot
By Alan, on May 17th, 2016% (Boston Public Library, Wikimedia Commons)
17 May 2016. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, a developer of treatments for opioid addiction, will continue with its plans to build a research and manufacturing facility in North Carolina, despite its opposition to a recent state law overturning local ordinances prohibiting discrimination against the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) . . . → Read More: Braeburn to Continue N. Carolina Facility Despite HB2
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