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Circuit Manufacturer Acquires Wireless Network Developer

Ethernet network adapter (Ember Corp.)

Silicon Laboratories Inc. in Austin, Texas has acquired Ember Corporation in Boston to supplement the Silicon Labs product line in low-power networking for home and business applications. The initial value of the purchase is placed at $72 million. Ember is expected to contribute $10-$12 million in revenue in . . . → Read More: Circuit Manufacturer Acquires Wireless Network Developer

Statins Found to Reduce Cancers After Heart Transplants

(Photos8.com)

A study by physicians and medical researchers at University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland indicates heart transplant patients taking statins — drugs used to lower cholesterol — reduced their risk of getting cancer, and were associated with overall survival independent of their cholesterol levels. The findings were reported yesterday at a meeting of . . . → Read More: Statins Found to Reduce Cancers After Heart Transplants

Challenge Seeks Electric Power Utility Service Enhancements

(Brookhaven National Lab)

A new challenge on InnoCentive seeks ideas to improve the process for electric power utilities to deploy two types of electricity services in a timely, cost-effective manner. The challenge has a payout of $15,000 and a deadline of 8 July for submissions. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a company the . . . → Read More: Challenge Seeks Electric Power Utility Service Enhancements

Faster, Higher Capacity Memory Chip Developed

ReRAM chips (University College London)

Engineers at University College London (UCL), with colleagues in France and Spain, have developed a silicon oxide memory chip that is faster can operate in ambient conditions. The discovery is described online in the Journal of Applied Physics (paid subscription required), and a patent has been filed for . . . → Read More: Faster, Higher Capacity Memory Chip Developed

Bay Area Consortium to Fund Large-Scale Solar R&D

(National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

The Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium (BAPVC) unveiled its first research grants aimed at making utility-scale solar power cost-competitive by the end of the decade. The new funds from the consortium — an industry-backed venture led by Stanford University and the University of California-Berkeley — total $7.5 million.

The grants . . . → Read More: Bay Area Consortium to Fund Large-Scale Solar R&D

$525M Venture Fund to Back Tech, Science Companies

The venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, California has closed a $525 million venture capital fund for equity investments in early-stage green technology and life sciences, as well as digital enterprise companies. The fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers XV LLC (KPCB 15) will be led by 10 of the . . . → Read More: $525M Venture Fund to Back Tech, Science Companies

Genetic Tests Not Triggering More Health Care Use

(Genome.gov)

Researchers at Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, National Institutes of Health, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and Abt Associates in Bethesda, Maryland found patients who receive genetic tests for susceptibility to disease were no more likely to use medical services after receiving the results than before the tests. The study results . . . → Read More: Genetic Tests Not Triggering More Health Care Use

Graphene as Rust-Proof Coating for Steel in Development

Steel coated with a graphene compound, in foreground, remains rust-free, while and the uncoated steel in the background accumulates rust. (University at Buffalo)

Chemistry researchers from University at Buffalo in New York are developing a process for rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite as a coating. The Indian steel manufacturer Tata Steel is . . . → Read More: Graphene as Rust-Proof Coating for Steel in Development

Study: FDA Approves Drugs Faster Than in Europe, Canada

(USA.gov)

Researchers at the Yale University medical school have found that since 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) generally approves drug therapies faster and earlier than its counterparts in Canada and Europe. The findings of medical student Nicholas Downing and colleagues appear online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Downing’s . . . → Read More: Study: FDA Approves Drugs Faster Than in Europe, Canada

Semiconductor Venture Investment Jumps in April

(National Science Foundation)

Venture capital investments in semiconductor companies worldwide rose significantly in April 2012, compared both to March and April 2011. The Global Semiconductor Alliance in London compiles and publishes these statistics each month.

The organization reports that semiconductor companies received $194.2 million in venture capital in April 2012, a 10-fold increase . . . → Read More: Semiconductor Venture Investment Jumps in April