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NJIT team wins two major international awards for vision therapy platform

An NJIT-led team of engineers, game designers, artists and clinicians won two major international awards for its vision therapy platform, including "most innovative breakthrough," at the 2018 Augmented World Expo Europe, the leading industry conference for augmented reality technology.

24 Oct 2018

Knowledge of sex differences in lower urinary tract may help stimulate breakthroughs in diagnosis, management

The biological differences between women and men go beyond basic anatomy. Researchers must consider sex differences down to the cellular level in order to discover crucial information about the varied development, function, and biology between women and men.

23 Oct 2018

Scientists use electron microscope to study chemical transformation in catalytic cross-coupling reaction

Scientists from Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow managed to look inside an organic chemical reaction with electron microscope and recorded the occurred transformation in real time.

23 Oct 2018

Rice University chemist wins big award to study small surfaces

It's one thing to start a chemical reaction and get a result, but it's quite another thing to watch it in progress. Rice University chemist Matt Jones wants to see it happen.

16 Oct 2018

Ohio State chemists develop new, improved way to generate molecules for drug development

Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed a new and improved way to generate molecules that can enable the design of new types of synthetic drugs.

12 Oct 2018

KNAUER high-pressure dosing pumps contribute to the success of Grillo’s new MSA synthesis

The Berlin-based manufacturer of laboratory measuring instruments KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH reported today, that its high-pressure metering pumps played an important role in the development of the groundbreaking new manufacturing process of methanesulfonic acid directly from methane and sulfur trioxide, which was successfully realized by researchers from Duisburg's Grillo-Werke AG.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 12 Oct 2018

UTSA acquires state-of-the-art microscope to write commands directly into neurons

It's about the size of a dinner table; yet, one day may influence conversations held around the kitchen table. This is what excites researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio as they anticipate the arrival of a state-of-the-art microscope.

10 Oct 2018

Scientists develop micron-sized spheres that catch and destroy contaminants in water

Rice University scientists have developed something akin to the Venus' flytrap of particles for water remediation.

6 Oct 2018

Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots

Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and will unveil the newest TUG robot, the T4, at MOTEK 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany. Aethon can be found in Hall 7 at booth 7420.

5 Oct 2018

New book explores unlikely origins of food regulation

Milk may seem as wholesome a drink as there is, but it was not always so.

4 Oct 2018

FDA approves manufacturing of Insmed's ARIKAYCE at Therapure Biopharma's Mississauga facility

Therapure Biomanufacturing, an integrated contract development and manufacturing organization and a division of Therapure Biopharma Inc., today announced approval for the manufacturing of Insmed Incorporated's ARIKAYCE® at its Mississauga facility by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

3 Oct 2018

IU-Regenstrief partnership receives 1 of 11 grants for next generation of learning health system researchers

A partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute is one of 11 U.S. recipients selected to train researchers to conduct patient-centered outcomes research within learning health systems.

27 Sep 2018

PCORI, AHRQ announce awards to support patient-centered outcomes research in learning health systems

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced $40 million in awards over five years to 11 institutions to support the training of researchers to conduct patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) within learning health systems (LHS).

26 Sep 2018

Safe and reliable way to handle useful but foul-smelling gas in chemical synthesis

The chemical element sulfur is an important constituent in many pharmaceuticals and, consequently, it is desirable to be able to introduce sulfur-containing fragments efficiently in a broad range of chemical compounds.

21 Sep 2018

Cancer Research UK invests £14 million to transform London into cancer biotherapeutics hub

The city of London will be transformed into a world leading hub for cancer biotherapeutics research and treatment, with a new £14 million investment from Cancer Research UK, announced today (Monday).

19 Sep 2018

Nearly one in three opioid prescriptions in the US not justified, finds analysis

According to a nationwide analysis of physician visit records conducted by a team of researchers at Harvard Medical School and the RAND Corporation, nearly 30 percent of the outpatient opioid prescriptions made out in the United States do not have documented justification for their use.

12 Sep 2018

Mayo Clinic physicians win SU2C Catalyst Award to fund melanoma research

Mayo Clinic physicians Matthew Block, M.D., Ph.D. and Tina Hieken, M.D., have received a Stand up to Cancer Catalyst Award to fund melanoma research and a neoadjuvant clinical trial.

7 Sep 2018

Leukogene receives STTR grant to optimize compound for treatment-resistant multiple myeloma

A $2 million phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer grant to optimize a promising new compound that has shown efficacy in preclinical studies against treatment-resistant multiple myeloma has been awarded to a Medical University of South Carolina startup company, Leukogene Therapeutics, Inc., in collaboration with MUSC researcher and company founder, Nathan G. Dolloff, Ph.D. Dolloff is an assistant professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at MUSC and a member of MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.

31 Aug 2018

Health insurance education contributes to higher enrollment in ACA plans

Community outreach and educational support for navigating health insurance options available in the Affordable Care Act marketplace are crucial for helping people choose the best plan based on their individual needs, according to researchers, health policy experts and community partners across Missouri - one of 19 states that hasn't expanded Medicaid eligibility.

23 Aug 2018

TTUHSC El Paso recognized as 'Hispanic-Serving Institution'

The U.S. Department of Education has recognized Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso as a Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution, making it the second Health-Related Institution in the nation to receive this designation and the only one located on the U.S.-Mexico border.

17 Aug 2018