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Tabernaemontana divaricata (crepe jasmine) flowers Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida have synthesized a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely used in traditional medicine, that has potential as a non-narcotic pain killer. Their findings appear online in the journal Nature Chemistry (paid subscription required). The . . . → Read More: Non-Narcotic Natural Pain Killer Synthesized  6 comments - (Comments are closed)  New products  Asia, biomedical, biotechnology, chemistry, life sciences, physical sciences (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) The Timken Company in Canton, Ohio revealed plans for a new research and development center for wind turbine mechanisms used to generate electricity. The $11.8 million facility, built in collaboration with nearby Stark State College, is expected to add 65 new jobs. The R&D center will focus on wind . . . → Read More: Timken, College to Build Wind Energy R&D Center Comments are closed Finance, Hiring/layoffs, Joint ventures/collaborations cleantech, debt, energy, engineering, grant, investment, manufacturing, physical sciences, university The solar-powered Lifelight by Lifeline Energy is one of the technologies on the Energy Map (Lifeline Energy) Santa Clara University in California and social-enterprise information company Ayllu have created the Energy Map Web site that offers graphs and analyses of 40 social enterprises in 16 countries that bring electricity or alternative fuel to . . . → Read More: Interactive Map Shows Off-Grid Energy Technology Sites Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations Africa, Asia, biofuels, cleantech, economics, energy, engineering, entrepreneurs, solar, university Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have transmitted the largest data volume ever on a laser beam, the equivalent of 700 DVDs in one second. The team’s findings appear online in the journal Nature Photonics (paid subscription required). The KIT scientists, led by electronics professor Juerg Leuthold, encoded data at a rate . . . → Read More: Engineers Set New Laser Data Transmission Speed Record One comment - (Comments are closed) New products computer science, engineering, Europe, mathematics, physical sciences, physics, university (National Institutes of Health) Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana has signed agreements with private investors Care Capital and NovaQuest Capital to establish BioCritica Inc., a new biotechnology company. BioCritica will initially focus on the continued U.S. development and commercialization of Xigris — drotrecogin alfa (activated) — Lilly’s medicine for severe sepsis. . . . → Read More: Lilly Spins Off Biotech to Develop Sepsis Drug Comments are closed Finance, Intellectual property, Joint ventures/collaborations biotechnology, economics, equity, investment, licensing, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, venture capital Luleå University of Technology in Sweden announced plans to start a research center on the production of fuel gas from biomass. The new Swedish Gasification Centre (SFC) on the Luleå campus is expected to have a budget of SEK 540 million (USD 84.7 million) over 10 years. SFC will combine industry and academic researchers from . . . → Read More: University to Open Biomass Gasification Research Center Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations biofuels, cleantech, energy, Europe, life sciences, physical sciences, university The Economic Development Administration (EDA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, announced a funding competition to promote the development of regional collections of innovative businesses. The $33 million program, called the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, will fund 20 “high-growth industry clusters” that best spell out strategies for meeting opportunities or overcoming obstacles to . . . → Read More: U.S. Regional Industry Cluster Challenge Unveiled Soybean field (Agricultural Research Service/USDA) Sygenta, in Basel, Switzerland says it will build a new biotechnology research facility adjacent to its current campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The $71 million facility is expected to be operational in the second half of 2012. The company says the new labs will focus on . . . → Read More: Sygenta to Build U.S. Genetics Research Facility Comments are closed Business conditions, New products agriculture, biotechnology, Europe, investment, life sciences Harvesting fungi from ethanol byproducts (Jeni Maiers/Iowa State University) A process developed by engineers at Iowa State University in Ames to turn by-products of corn ethanol into into animal feed has moved from the lab to a pilot plant. The process, called MycoMeal, developed by engineering professor Hans van Leeuwen and his team, . . . → Read More: Ethanol By-Product Reprocessing Expands to Pilot Stage Comments are closed Intellectual property, New products agriculture, biofuels, energy, engineering, life sciences, patent, physical sciences, university (Photos8.com) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved today the drug Edurant (rilpivirine) as a treatment for HIV infection in adults, when used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs. Edurant is manufactured by Tibotec Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in Raritan, New Jersey. FDA approved the drug for the treatment of . . . → Read More: FDA Approves HIV Drug in Combination Treatment |
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