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University of Arizona’s TEX II is a Seaworthy Autonomous Robot Designed for Other Planets
Wolfgang Fink | Via The Verge | March 20, 2012It might be a long ways off from breaking any world records, but the Tucson Explorer II could help pave the way for exploring bodies of liquid on other planets, and usher in a new era of robotic teamwork. Developed by University of Arizona professor Wolfgang Fink, TEX II is a prototype of an autonomous […]
UA Engineer Launches Robotic Planetary Lake Lander
Wolfgang Fink | Via UA News | March 16, 2012Wolfgang Fink of the University of Arizona department of electrical and computer engineering has developed an autonomous robotic lake lander that could be used to explore this planet and others. Fink unveiled the lake lander, named Tucson Explorer II, or TEX II, in a paper titled “Robotic Lake Lander Test Bed for Autonomous Surface and […]
Stanford Scientists Discover Multitude of Drug Side Effects, Interactions Using New Computer Algorithm
Russ Altman | Via Stanford School of Medicine | March 14, 2012A week ago, you started a new prescription medication for acne. Today, you feel dizzy and short of breath and have difficulty concentrating. Your symptoms are not listed in the package insert as possible side effects of the drug, but why else would you be feeling so odd? Unfortunately, there’s no easy answer. Clinical trials […]
Five Faculty to Receive ACS Awards
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | March 13, 2012Five MIT faculty members will receive prizes from the American Chemical Society at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego on March 27. Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, will receive the Priestley Medal for “revolutionary discoveries in the areas of polymeric controlled release systems and tissue engineering and synthesis of new materials […]
A Lifetime of Research May be Leading to a Life-Saving Treatment for Shock
Geert Schmid-Schonbein | Via UC San Diego News | March 12, 2012A 200-patient Phase 2 clinical pilot study will be initiated this month to test the efficacy and safety of a new use, and method of administering, an enzyme inhibitor for critically ill patients developed by University of California, San Diego Bioengineering Professor Geert Schmid-Schönbein. Conditions expected to qualify for the study include new-onset sepsis and […]
Michael King Leads Journal on Nanotechnology in Medicine
Michael King | Via Cornell Chronicle | March 12, 2012Michael R. King, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is editor-in-chief of the first scientific journal focused on nanotubes, nanorods and nanowires applied to medicine and biology. The online, peer-reviewed journal Nanotube Therapy launched in March through the open-access publisher Versita. The journal publishes papers on the chemistry, biology and engineering involved in the application of […]
National Geographic Cites Work by UConn’s Laurencin Among ‘Scientific Discoveries that Changed the World’
Cato T. Laurencin | Via UConn Today | March 9, 2012A research breakthrough made by Cato T. Laurencin, director of the Institute for Regenerative Engineering at the UConn Health Center, may someday revolutionize recoveries for patients with tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) – one of the most common knee injuries. That’s according to a special issue of National Geographic that includes Laurencin’s work […]
Quirky Physics Brown Bag Series Prizes Unusual Questions
Ka Yee Christina Lee | Via University of Chicago News | March 7, 2012The subscribers to Thomas Witten’s brown bag e-mail list receive a terse message from him almost every week. These invitations to the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center’s Friday brown bag luncheons name the topic of the week and little else. The titles are almost always quirky. Recent examples have included “In Search of Sandy […]
Spectroscopic Imaging Reveals Early Changes Leading to Breast Tumors
Ji-Xin Cheng | Via Purdue University | March 6, 2012Purdue University researchers have created a new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue, representing a potential tool to determine a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer and to study ways of preventing the disease. The researchers, using a special “3-D culture” that mimics living mammary gland tissue, also showed that a fatty […]
UA Engineering Professor Connects His Work in Medicine and Space
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | March 6, 2012Connections. University of Arizona physicist Wolfgang Fink, Ph.D., constantly makes them as he pursues research in medicine, space exploration and robotics. The energetic associate professor embraces connections that enhance investigations into his varied interests. He enthusiastically pursues private- and public-sector connections that can turn his discoveries into marketable products. The down-to-earth Fink, 43, is director […]
Allen Northrup Membre of Fluigent Scientific Advisory Board
Allen Northrup | Via Fluigent | March 2, 2012Fluigent team is very pleased to welcome on board Dr. Norhthrup. Allen Northup will bring his extensive knowledge in microfluidics and engineering as member of Fluigent scientific advisory board and support Fluigent in always developping the best products for R&D laboratories and industrials.
Bill Hawkins & Amy Peterson to Lead FDA Regulatory Science Partnership for LifeScience Alley
William Hawkins | Via BusinessWire | February 29, 2012LifeScience Alley announced today that Bill Hawkins, former CEO of Medtronic and current CEO of Immucor, Inc., will serve as inaugural chairman of a new public-private partnership among Minnesota’s medical technology community, the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and the University of Minnesota, aimed at advancing regulatory science. The partnership was initiated […]
UK Founders Day Ceremony to Celebrate Faculty Achievement
Sue Nokes | Via UK Now | February 22, 2012University of Kentucky educators and others will be honored with teaching and public service awards today in UK’s second annual Founders Day Award Ceremony at 4 p.m. in Worsham Theater in the UK Student Center. Members of the campus and local communities are invited. A reception will follow in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural […]
Engineering a Way to Treat Neurological Disorders
Joseph Pancrazio | Via Mason Research | February 22, 2012They say that space is the final frontier, but there’s something much closer to home that’s still a mystery: the human brain. One of the more frustrating issues facing researchers is not necessarily how the brain works, but why the brain doesn’t always work the way it should. Neurological disorders such as Tourette’s syndrome and […]
Dr. Savio Woo IEEE Gold Medal
Savio Woo | Via University of Pittsburgh Engineering | February 16, 2012The Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named Savio L-Y. Woo, Ph.D., D. Sc.(Hon.), D. Eng. (Hon.) the 2012 recipient of the prestigious IEEE Gold Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. The IEEE Gold Medal is presented for outstanding contributions and/or innovations in engineering within the fields of […]
Successful Human Tests for First Wirelessly Controlled Drug-Delivery Chip
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | February 16, 2012About 15 years ago, MIT professors Robert Langer and Michael Cima had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient’s body. This week, the MIT researchers and scientists from MicroCHIPS Inc. reported that they have successfully used such a chip to administer daily doses of […]
Two University Scientists to be Honored as Fellows of the AAAS
Richard Waugh | Via University of Rochester | February 15, 2012Richard E. Waugh, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and James M. Farrar, professor of chemistry, have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science. Waugh and Farrar are among 539 […]
Wyss Institute’s George Church Elected Member of National Academy of Engineering : Wyss Institute at Harvard
George M. Church | Via Wyss Institue at Harvard | February 13, 2012The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that one of its core faculty members, George Church, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for contributions to human genome sequencing technologies and DNA synthesis and assembly. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the […]
From dream to startup: Glycobia becomes McGovern Center’s first client
Matthew DeLisa | Via Cornell Chronicle | February 10, 2012Several years ago, when Adam Fisher, Ph.D. ’08, was still a graduate student, he and colleagues dreamed up an entirely new way to synthesize human drugs called glycoproteins, which are used to treat a range of conditions from cancer to multiple sclerosis and are a fast-growing corner of the biopharmaceutical industry. On Feb. 9, a […]
Researchers Develop New Method for Creating Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Guillermo Ameer | Via Northwestern Engineering | February 10, 2012Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for creating scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, providing an alternative that is more flexible and less time-intensive than current technology. A paper describing the results, “Low-Pressure Foaming: A Novel Method for the Fabrication of Porous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,” was featured in the February issue of […]