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21-May-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Brazilian Biodiversity Leader and Benson Hill Expand Partnership to Advance Crop Breeding
Benson Hill

“We are eager to expand our relationship with Benson Hill and use CropOS to advance breeding for farmers across Latin America.” said Cleber Soares, executive director for Innovation and Technology of Embrapa. “Our work together has demonstrated their commitment to collaboration and appreciation for the power of genetic diversity to help solve big global challenges in a sustainable way.”

Released: 21-May-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Laser Focus Shines Light on How Nanoparticles Form
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Titan supercomputer tells origin story of nanoparticle size distributions with large-scale simulations.

Released: 21-May-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Medical Device Innovation and Regulation
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, started the day with the second plenary session of its ISPOR 2019 annual conference with, “Medical Device Innovation and Regulation: Turbocharged for Success?"

Released: 21-May-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Sounding the Alarm - Small Device Alerts Responders to Big Changes to Thermal Conditions
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Initially funded under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research program, Burn Saver was developed by TDA Research Inc. in collaboration with the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).

Released: 21-May-2019 11:05 AM EDT
David Jaffray, Ph.D., Named Chief Technology and Digital Officer
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today named David Jaffray, Ph.D., as its first-ever chief technology and digital officer. Jaffray will begin his new duties overseeing MD Anderson’s Information Services division and Information Security department in late summer. He also will hold a faculty appointment as professor of Radiation Physics with a joint appointment in Imaging Physics.

Released: 21-May-2019 11:00 AM EDT
Brent Seales Awarded Prestigious Mellon Grant, Poised to Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery
University of Kentucky

Thanks, in large part, to a $2 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, UK's Brent Seales finally has the materials access, funding support and technical approach needed to solve the 2,000-year-old mystery wrapped inside the Herculaneum scrolls.

Released: 21-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Sleep problems in teenagers reversed in just one week by limiting screen use
European Society of Endocrinology

Sleep in teenagers can be improved by just one week of limiting their evening exposure to light-emitting screens on phones

Released: 21-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Fearful customers sensitive to size and scope of a data breach while angry customers are not, research finds
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Customers who feel afraid in the wake of a data breach care more about the size and scope of the breach than do angry customers, according to research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

     
Released: 21-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Algorithm Steers Catheters to the Right Spot to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
Florida Atlantic University

Some patients with atrial fibrillation or A-Fib need an ablation, which requires a catheter and an advanced 3D map of the heart. Researchers have developed the first algorithm that guides catheter movements and accurately detects A-Fib targets without 3D maps of the heart. In human simulations, this technique stops the catheter at the right target and identifies the source type with a 95.25 percent success rate and a 99 percent detection rate of scar tissue, regardless of scar size.

Released: 21-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Net carbon-negative electricity source may offer economical alternative
Penn State College of Engineering

Researchers say burning a mixture of coal and crop residue biomass might provide a cost-effective, net carbon-negative electricity source that can be scaled to commercial levels in China in order to meet global temperature objectives by mid-century.

Released: 21-May-2019 6:05 AM EDT
How to program materials
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Can the properties of composite materials be predicted? Empa scientists have mastered this feat and thus can help achieve research objectives faster. This leads, for instance, to better recycling techniques and electrically conductive synthetic materials for the solar industry.

Released: 21-May-2019 4:00 AM EDT
NUS engineers design solutions to tackle low frequency noise
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore has designed a set of novel noise attenuating blocks that targets low frequency noise.

Released: 20-May-2019 3:50 PM EDT
Dark Matter Sheds Light to Medical Technology
Augustana University, South Dakota

Dr. Drew Alton, associate professor of physics at Augustana University, is conducting research on how dark matter can be applied to improve future PET [positron emission tomography] detectors, which offer imaging scans that allow doctors to check for diseases in the human body.

   
Released: 20-May-2019 3:05 PM EDT
The Dawn of Disruption in Healthcare
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), opened its ISPOR 2019 annual conference this morning with a keynote and first plenary, “The Dawn of Disruption in the Health Sector: Will Innovative Technologies Require Innovative Thinking?”

Released: 20-May-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Artificial intelligence — an exciting new way to speed development of fusion energy
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Feature introduces video of interview with physicist William Tang describing the role of artificial of intelligence in fusion research. Feature includes a link to the video

Released: 20-May-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35%
University of Cambridge

A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.

Released: 20-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Win-Win
Oregon State University, College of Engineering

The Oregon State University College of Engineering has long held a deep connection with Hewlett Packard (HP), one of the most innovative technology companies in the world, that has benefited both institutions on multiple levels.

   
14-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Ultra-Clean Fabrication Platform Produces Nearly Ideal 2D Transistors
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers report that they have demonstrated a nearly ideal transistor made from a 2D material stack—with only a two-atom-thick semiconducting layer—by developing a completely clean and damage-free fabrication process. Their method shows vastly improved performance compared to 2D semiconductors fabricated with a conventional process, and could provide a scalable platform for creating ultra-clean devices in the future.

Released: 17-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
NSF Grant Unites Cross-Campus Researchers to Study and Optimize Flying Robots
Penn State College of Engineering

Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering recently received a $389,919 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate, explore and innovate new flying mechanisms for micro air vehicles (MAVs) to better mimic the performance and agility of flying animals.

Released: 16-May-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Argonne releases updated computer model to help bioenergy developers conserve water
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers continue to help bioenergy developers manage water resources through the recently released update of an online computer model, Water Analysis Tool for Energy Resources (WATER). Providing an in-depth analysis of water consumption used in the development of bioenergy, WATER allows industry leaders to make better-informed decisions about what types of feedstock are most appropriate for use in water-limited areas.



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