Chemist Radhakrishna M. Jayanty has been honored by the world's largest scientific society for developing methods to detect and accurately measure air pollution from sources ranging from car exhausts to deodorant sprays.
In the automotive industry alone, estimates a just-released study commissioned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "interoperability problems" when sharing product and engineering data impose annual costs totaling about $1 billion.
Society has enjoyed important benefits from mathematical models developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology that simulate the performance of electronic components called insulated-gate bipolar transistors. The payoff to U.S. industry has been estimated at $23 benefits generated for every $1 spent.
Two new medications, naltrexone and acamprosate, show promise in treating alcoholism, according to a new evidence report, summarized in the April 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
At Exhibitor Show 99, February 15, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will debut virtual humans who perform as sales staff in trade show booths. This new product is an interactive kiosk that provides electronic staffing for tradeshows and other promotional events.
Research Triangle Institute has developed a new Internet-based assessment tool to help companies improve how they practice technology innovation. Innovation InsightsTM quantitatively measures how well the technical staff and management: a) listen to customers, b) share ideas & know-how within the company, and c) use outside technology to leverage R&D.
Virtual Reality (VR)-based training for learning equipment maintenance skills improves traineesà ability to acquire and perform critical skills, increases the number of students who can be trained, and reduces the overall cost of gaining and maintaining critical skills.
Research Triangle Institute has produced a guide to help entrepreneurs and small-business managers grow high-tech businesses. Making Money with Your Technology is based on more than 100 interviews, focus groups, and literature research. It was written to inform and encourage innovators of new technology and to serve as a catalyst for action.
NASA and the US Department of Health and Human Services signed an interagency agreement today to apply space technology to women's health issues. Since the early 1990s, their collaboration to develop new tools for fighting breast cancer has been facilitated by scientists at Research Triangle Institute. So far, the NASA, DHHS, RTI team has identified several existing space technologies that could be applied to digital mammography. Three commercial systems are now in clinical trials.
Monroe E. Wall, PhD, has received the American Chemistry Society's Alfred Burger Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to medicinal chemistry, largely for his leadership in discovering two new classes of pharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
RTI has released Version 7.5 of its SUDAANÆ software. SUDAAN is the statistical software package that addresses correlated data issues in statistical analysis, issues that can lead to inaccurate analysis if not properly handled.
Research Triangle Institute and Adams Consulting Group, Inc. have announced the availability of a tool that will help organizations evaluate whether Virtual Reality (VR) training programs are appropriate for specific training needs. VR Training Decision Tool gives managers and professionals in training, performance improvement, information technology, human resources, multimedia development, safety, manufacturing and other fields a way of quantifying the decision to use VR. This tool is available free of charge.
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