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Anne Wojcicki (23andMe Inc.) The personal genetics company 23andMe Inc. in Mountain View, California will make available to outside systems developers the codes and routines needed to access its DNA analysis database. Mike Polcari, the company’s engineering director, will describe the initiative at the Quantified Self Conference in Palo Alto, California, on 16 . . . → Read More: 23andMe Opens Application Interface to Outside Developers  One comment - (Comments are closed)  New products  biomedical, computer science, engineering, genomics, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, software Net-zero energy home under construction (National Institute of Standards and Technology) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, unveiled this week a two-story suburban-style home to demonstrate that a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year. The year-long . . . → Read More: Prototype Net-Zero Energy Home Being Tested 3 comments - (Comments are closed) New products, Regulations cleantech, computer science, energy, engineering, physical sciences, software, solar Fetal head and face profile image by low-cost ultrasound prototype (Newcastle University) Engineers at Newcastle University in the U.K. created a low-cost ultrasound scanner that can display images of a fetus on a home computer display. The device aims to make the monitoring of fetal development a more routine task, particularly in less . . . → Read More: Home Computer Fetal Ultrasound System Developed Comments are closed New products biomedical, computer science, engineering, Europe, licensing, medical device, software, U.K., university Vanadium oxide bronze nanowires, color-enhanced image (Peter Marley, University at Buffalo) Chemists and physicists at University at Buffalo in New York created a synthetic nanoscale material with properties making it a potential replacement for silicon in electronic components. The team led by chemist Sarbajit Banerjee and physicist Sambandamurthy Ganapathy published its findings in . . . → Read More: Synthetic Nanomaterial Developed for Semiconductors 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products chemistry, computer science, engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, physics, semiconductors, university Levitating drug solution (Dan Harris, Argonne National Lab) Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy in Illinois, developed techniques making it more feasible to create drugs that are more soluble, and thus more effective in lower doses. X-ray physicist Chris Benmore led the study that uses levitation . . . → Read More: Levitation Technique Devised to Create More Soluble Drugs One comment - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property, New products biomedical, engineering, licensing, patent, pharmaceuticals, physical sciences, physics, water (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Engineers at Tel Aviv University in Israel reconfigured common computer chips into high frequency circuits, making them useful for building low-cost security imaging devices. Eran Socher, a lecturer in Tel Aviv’s engineering department, is leading the university’s research team that published its findings in a recent issue of the . . . → Read More: Computer Chips Recast for High Frequency Detector Circuits Comments are closed New products computer science, engineering, Israel, physical sciences, physics, semiconductors, university (Research.gov) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved yesterday teriflunomide, a tablet taken once a day for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. The drug, marketed under the name Aubagio, was developed by the Genzyme division of the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Multiple sclerosis is an . . . → Read More: FDA Approves Oral Drug for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, FDA, life sciences, pharmaceuticals (USA.gov) A review of past studies of patients’ behavior in taking prescribed medicines shows a number of approaches and methods can encourage patients to adhere to their medication regimens. The report from RTI International and the Evidence-based Practice Center at University of North Carolina, and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and . . . → Read More: Report: Multiple Strategies Help Patients Take Medicines Donald Lupo (Tampere University of Technology) Researchers at Tampere University of Technology in Finland are developing a new process for designing and fabricating logic circuits that consume no current and can be read and written with light. The four-year, €1.6 million ($US 2.1 million) study is funded by the Academy of Finland, the . . . → Read More: Project to Study Light-Enabled Quantum Dot Circuits 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products computer science, engineering, Europe, grant, nanotechnology, physical sciences, physics, semiconductors, university (FBI.gov) Engineers and chemists at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) in Rapid City and University of South Dakota in Vermillion devised invisible, nanoscale high-density bar codes that can authenticate paper documents and other solid objects. The team published its findings in the journal Nanotechnology, published by Institute of Physics (free . . . → Read More: Nanoscale Bar Codes Developed to Combat Counterfeiting Comments are closed New products, Regulations chemistry, computer science, engineering, manufacturing, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university |
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