Interest: Scientists should communicate with the public about their research. We've been hearing variations on that for years, but a recent decision by a group of scientists to use crowdfunding to ask for research dollars directly from the public has revisited this notion in a new way.
Interest: Under the charge of University of Arizona President Eugene Sander, the UA has formed a new center dedicated to help turn new technology researched at the university into commercial products.
Interest: ImageIQ, Inc., the Imaging Contract Research Organization developed through Cleveland Clinic Innovations, announced today that the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials at Rutgers University (NJCBM) has selected ImageIQ to provide customized 3-dimensional imaging and image analysis services for a large-scale preclinical study involving the research and development of a new biomaterial scaffold for enhancing bone regeneration in a critically sized defect model.
Interest: NASA has selected 300 small business proposals to enter into negotiations for possible contract awards through the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Interest: Local biotechnology leaders are scratching their heads over a new report that appears to undercut Kansas City’s status as one of the nation’s emerging centers for life sciences research and manufacturing.
Interest: Aside from the cleantech project, cleantech policy, cleantech consumer product round-ups I’m in the midst of finishing, here’s a round-up of some of the latest news on new cleantech technology
Interest: Biotech and research jobs have increased in Washington, even as the overall economy sputtered. That’s according to a trade-group, the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association.
Interest: Lawmakers in both the House and the Senate are hoping the next time’s the charm when it comes to long-term authorizations for programs meant to boost small business participation in federal research.
Interest: The Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) has announced an approval of $3.15 million fund for the University Research Commercialization Grant Program to promote research and development works in the nanotechnology field.
Interest: Congress is considering exemptions to decades-old securities regulations as a way to throw open the doors to entrepreneurs who want to legally sell equity stakes in their start-ups over the Internet.
Interest: In a rare instance of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives approved a White House endorsed crowdfunding bill--the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act--earlier this month by a vote of 407 to 17.
Interest: Translational Sciences Corporation (TSC) announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for commercialization of its OncoTrac™ medical imaging software.
Interest: When Kansas State University researchers develop new technologies, the Kansas State University Institute for Commercialization, KSU-IC, goes to work marketing the technologies in hopes of reaching a signed license agreement, with product sales in the marketplace soon after.
Interest: Oregon Institute of Technology has been awarded $43,110 in grant money to help low-income students attend college through its new Rural Outreach for College Access program.
Interest: "The Corbett administration is committed to providing resources to early-stage and established technology firms to encourage innovation and the creation of high-paying jobs throughout the state," said Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary C. Alan Walker.
Interest: With potential applications that range from sunscreen products to chemotherapy drugs, from topically applied botulinum toxin type A to nanoparticle vaccines, the field of nanotechnology is poised to forever change the practice of dermatology.
Interest: The University of Missouri on Monday signed a letter of agreement with Blue Springs to start the first phase of the Missouri Innovation Park.
Interest: A University of Minnesota ecology professor and expert in lion behavior has turned to "crowdfunding" to raise enough money to transmit thousands of images over the Internet of lions from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Interest: Ford has invented a new method of preparing vehicle windshields for attachment to cars and trucks that is simpler, more cost-efficient and eco-friendly
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