Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: Richard Ingham

Source: AFP

Interest: "Forty-six countries gained a clearer view...of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid..."

Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iL42LOCw-YmoxyFVfKg9qYaLtzXg

Author: Not Specified

Source: University College Dublin

Interest: "Weedle and UCD scientists have received an Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership Award of €200,000 to combine their expertise..."

Link: http://www.ucd.ie/nova/mediacentre/2010pressreleases/novanewstitle,63400,en.html

Author: Kevin Robinson-Avila

Source: New Mexico Business Weekly

Interest: This VC-backed company..."has received about $865,000 from two previous SBIR phases, since..."

Link: http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2010/09/06/story2.html?b=1283745600^3896411

Author: Not Specified

Source: Media Newswire

Interest: "...Virginia Tech has launched a new program aimed at bridging the gap between industry and university research...."

Link: http://media-newswire.com/release_1126762.html

Author: Mary Spiro

Source: The JHU Gazette

Interest: "Faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have received...$13.6 million...to establish a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence..."

Link: http://gazette.jhu.edu/2010/09/07/nci-grant-launches-nanotech-cancer-center/

Author: Don Shafer and Phillip A. Laplante

Source: Computing Now

Interest: Chief Safety and Technology Officer Don Shafer details how QA, technology infrastructure, or software failures might be to blame for the BP debacle.

Link: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/bp-spill

Author: Jess McNally

Source: Wired

Interest: Says MIT Economic Sociologist Damon Centola: “There has been a lot of theory about the difference between information and behavior spreading..."

Link: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/network-behavior-spread

Author: Not Specified

Source: Pakistan Observer

Interest: "[A] feasibility [study] done by the Tethyan Copper Company(TCC) puts the initial investment...at around $ 3.3 billion including development of basic infrastructure..."

Link: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=50440

Author: Terence Creamer

Source: Engineering News Online

Interest: (South Africa) "Where universities choose to have research outside of the publicly funded area, they should run these...as separate businesses and not involve public funds..."

Link: http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/new-public-funded-research-rules-to-have-far-reaching-implications-2010-09-03

Author: Ngozi Sam

Source: Next

Interest: "Even using the technology transfer strategy, if you are not well-prepared...you cannot absorb technology..."

Link: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Money/5614168-147/story.csp

Author: Jolie O'Dell

Source: American Express Open Forum

Interest: "Here are five ways to grow your business from observing and emulating web startup culture..."

Link: http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/5-lessons-to-learn-from-web-startups-jolie-odell

Author: Douglas MacMillan

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

Interest: "Business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups amid strong demand for Web technology..."

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2010/tc2010093_194977.htm

Author: Audrey Watters

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Interest: "[O]ver the past year the top 30 firms participated in 663 unique deals...with amounting to almost $9 billion in investment..."

Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/09/report-examines-where-the-top.php

Author: Ucilia Wang

Source: DailyFinance

Interest: "Cisco Systems is expanding its foray into smart-grid technology, which helps utilities and consumers manage...electricity..."

Link: http://srph.it/bFCPud

Author: Vivek Wadhwa

Source: TechCrunch

Interest: UC Berkeley's Vivek Wadhwa writes: "Half of the startups go out of business within five years; but...they are still the ones that lead the charge in employment creation..."

Link: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/14/startups-or-behemoths-which-are-we-going-to-bet-on/

Author: Not Specified

Source: WBZ Channel 38

Interest: "Chartbeat has raised $3 million in a first round of funding from Index Ventures...[the company] says it has 2,500 paying customers..."

Link: http://business.wbztv.com/cbslocal.wbztv/?GUID=14518468&Page=MediaViewer&ChannelID=5753

Author: Evgeny Morozov

Source: OPB News

Interest: Belarus native Evgeny Morozov, a Yahoo! Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, shares his personal and empirical observations regarding search engine politicization...

Link: http://news.opb.org/article/12235-foreign_policy_the_politicization_of_digital_space/

Author: Not Specified

Source: PR Canada

Interest: "This project seeks to make micro-RNA data -- which is clearly correlated with cancer diagnosis, staging, and prognosis -- easily accessible via..."

Link: http://pr-canada.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=255192&Itemid=58

Author: Not Specified

Source: Science Daily

Interest: Cutting-edge research at the University of Campinas, Brazil: "The notion of harnessing the power of electricity formed naturally has tantalized scientists for centuries..."

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100825185121.htm

Author: Tasha Eichenseher

Source: National Geographic

Interest: "With $10 million from the state, SWBNO plans to pipe semi-treated wastewater and biosolids...into Bienvenue."

Link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100826-katrina-sewage-wetlands-water