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Jennifer Elisseeff (Johns Hopkins University) Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore designed a gel-like biomaterial that in a pilot study showed it could help heal damaged knee cartilage. The team led by Jennifer Elisseeff, director of the university’s Translational Tissue Engineering Center, published its findings in last week’s issue of the . . . → Read More: Light-Activated Hydrogel, Stem Cells Recreate Knee Cartilage  Comments are closed  Intellectual property, New products  biomedical, clinical trials, engineering, life sciences, medical device, patent, preclinical, university (U.S. Mint) The European Commission opened a call for proposals to fund early-stage scientific research ideas with commercialization potential. Applications for the €10 million ($US 13.4 million) fund are due 24 April 2013. The Proof of Concept grants, as the program is called, are open to holders of current European Research Council science . . . → Read More: EC Opens Proof of Concept Funding Call (Photos8.com) A new challenge is awarding $60,000 for technology solutions, in particular modifications of current products, that promote healthier lifestyles or help manage chronic conditions. Health insurance provider United Healthcare is sponsoring the Breakthrough Health Tech Challenge, which has a deadline of 8 April 2013. United Healthcare, which announced the challenge at this . . . → Read More: Challenge Awarding $60,000 for Health Technology Ideas 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, challenge, computer science, engineering, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, software (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Researchers at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina used an online computer game to simulate an infectious disease epidemic and better understand the motivations behind getting or avoiding preventive actions. The work of Wake Forest economists Frederick Chen, Amanda Griffith, Allin Cottrell, and computer scientist Yue-Ling Wong . . . → Read More: Simulation Seeks Clues to Motivations for Vaccination Comments are closed Business conditions, Regulations biomedical, computer science, economics, life sciences, mathematics, pharmaceuticals, software, university Light bulb suspended and powered by carbon nanotube fibers (Rice University) Engineers and materials scientists from the U.S., Netherlands, and Israel developed an industrial-scale process for spinning carbon nanotubes into fibers for a range of commercial products. The team led by chemical engineering professor Matteo Pasquali at Rice University in Houston published its . . . → Read More: Industrial Process Devised for Carbon Nanotube Fibers One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products chemistry, energy, engineering, Europe, Israel, manufacturing, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (CDC) Weill Cornell Medical College in New York will provide a microbiologist to work at Tres Cantos Open Lab, a facility of GlaxoSmithKline in Spain, to identify the ability of chemical compounds to penetrate the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. Financial aspects of the two-year project, funded by the Tres Cantos Open . . . → Read More: Weill Cornell, Tres Cantos Lab to Research TB Chemistry Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, biotechnology, chemistry, engineering, Europe, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university Miscanthus (Oak Ridge National Lab) Plant biologists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research in College Station are creating a bioengineered microbe to convert the waste from biofuel production into more biofuel. The project led by plant pathologist Joshua Yuan is funded by a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Yuan and . . . → Read More: Bioengineered Microbe to Convert, Recycle Biofuel Waste Comments are closed Finance, New products biofuels, biotechnology, energy, engineering, genomics, grant, life sciences, physical sciences, university Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburgh) Chemical engineers at University of Pittsburgh developed a computational model to track the ability of certain synthetic gels to sense a chemical signal and reconfigure themselves in response. The team led by Pittsburgh professor Anna Balazs describes its findings this week in the journal Proceedings of the National . . . → Read More: Signaling, Movement Properties Found in Synthetic Gels Comments are closed New products chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics, physical sciences, university Distilled yttrium metal (Ames National Laboratory) The U.S. Department of Energy will establish a research center at Ames National Lab in Iowa to find solutions to domestic shortages of rare earth metals and other critical materials for energy security. The $120 million Critical Materials Institute, will bring together for five years researchers from academia, . . . → Read More: Rare Earths, Materials Hub Set for Ames National Lab Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations cleantech, energy, engineering, grant, manufacturing, materials science, physical sciences, university Experimental robot, developed for Anglo American, is designed to survey and map mining tunnels (National Robotics Engineering Center). Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the mining company Anglo American PLC, based in London, agreed to develop robotic technologies for the mining industry. Financial terms of the five-year deal were not disclosed. The agreement . . . → Read More: Carnegie Mellon, Anglo American Partner on Mining Robotics Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations computer science, engineering, Europe, physical sciences, robotics, U.K., university |
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