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Public Release: 26-Jul-2013
Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation CEI established in the USA
On July 25 the contract is signed by Fraunhofer and the University of Connecticut UConn for the establishment of the new research facility. The mission of the Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation CEI at the University of Connecticut is to develop advanced technologies related to energy storage, fuel cells, in-stream hydro, power management and distribution through contract research.

Public Release: 26-Jul-2013
Scientific authorities sign the TMT Master Agreement
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project announces today that all of the scientific authorities of the TMT partners have signed a Master Agreement. The Master Agreement document establishes a formal agreement amongst the international parties defining the project goals, establishing a governance structure and defining member party rights, obligations and benefits.

Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
Springer launches new society journal on health disparities
Springer has entered into an agreement with the W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Association Health Institute to publish the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Starting in 2014 the new society journal will be published quarterly, electronically on link.springer.com and in print.

Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
IDRI and Zydus sign agreement for development of IDRI's vaccine candidate for visceral leishmaniasis
In a unique partnership, Zydus, India's fourth largest healthcare group and an innovation-led global healthcare provider, and IDRI, a Seattle-based non-profit research and product development organization, announced today they are collaborating on the production and clinical development of IDRI's visceral leishmaniasis vaccine candidate, designed to prevent the deadly parasitic disease.

National Institutes of Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
Trinity Health joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
In a move designed to strengthen the delivery and quality of health care in northwest North Dakota, Mayo Clinic today welcomes Trinity Health as the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
New Regenstrief and IHTSDO agreement to make EMRs more effective at improving health care
The Regenstrief Institute Inc. and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation have signed a long-term agreement to begin cooperative work linking their leading global health care terminologies: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes, or LOINC, and SNOMED Clinical Terms. This timely and significant agreement will help improve safety, functionality and interoperability for the rapidly growing number of clinicians who manage and exchange health data with electronic medical records.

Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
Queen's University develops key technology for Europe's next generation weather satellites
Queen's University Belfast has been appointed part of a UK group who will build one of the key instruments on Europe's next-generation of weather satellites.

Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
India is latest to partner with NSF through GROW
National Science Foundation Acting Director Cora B. Marrett has signed a new research partnership with T.K. Chandrashekar, Secretary of the Science and Engineering Research Board of India through Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW). GROW is a coordinated effort that enhances international collaborative research opportunities for NSF Graduate Research Fellows. There are currently GROW agreements between NSF and science agencies in 13 countries.

Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
U of M researchers unveil nation's first porcine virus rapid detection test
Mere months after porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was first confirmed in the United States swine population, University of Minnesota researchers have developed a PEDV rapid diagnostic test. The first-of-its-kind test, which is available now, provides a way to quickly and cost-effectively identify the presence of US PEDV strains.

Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
Pain of artificial legs could be eased by real-time monitoring
University of Washington engineers have developed a device that tracks how much a person's limb swells and shrinks when inside a prosthetic socket. The data could help doctors and patients predict how and when their limbs will swell, which could be used to build smarter sockets.

Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
Serum Institute of India acquires rights to German TB vaccine
Hopes are high for an improved tuberculosis vaccine: Serum Institute of India is taking a promising vaccine developed in Germany and introducing it into the clinical setting. Studies have shown that the new vaccine is more effective and better tolerated than currently available options. By signing a contract with the Vakzine Projekt Management GmbH, Serum, a leading vaccine manufacturer, has effectively secured the license to various patents and technologies related to the vaccine.

Public Release: 23-Jul-2013
NTU and Rolls-Royce in S$75 million tie-up
Eight years after their first research partnership, Nanyang Technological University and Rolls-Royce are taking their research alliance to greater heights with a new multi-million dollar collaboration.

National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore

Public Release: 22-Jul-2013
Genome assembly in the spotlight
Biggest ever contest puts genome assemblers through their paces.

Public Release: 22-Jul-2013
Water comes clean in test with marines
A new easy-to-carry water purifier that could give Marines and first-responders access to clean water wherever they go successfully completed its first operational test, officials announced July 22.

Public Release: 22-Jul-2013
App security testing tool
Most apps, be they for internet shopping, gaming or social networking, are aimed at private users. But there are hidden risks for businesses. A new test framework will help to uncover gaps in app security and detect malware.

Public Release: 22-Jul-2013
Underwater propulsion from a 3-D printer
Nature inspires creativity: in building a silent propulsion system for boats and water sport devices, researchers used the octopus as their role model. The system can be produced at a low cost and in a single step with a 3D printer.

Public Release: 22-Jul-2013
Using GitHub as a repository for machine-readable scholarly articles
Pensoft now provides the XML of all articles in ZooKeys, PhytoKeys and MycoKeys in version-controlled repositories on GitHub for all to see, comment, improve and more. GitHub can be described as a social platform used mostly by software developers for coding, discussing, changing, and keeping track of all that. A major benefit of such re-use is that it acts as an additional check for quality.

Public Release: 19-Jul-2013
Smart scavenging
In seeking technological solutions to aid in its national security mission, the Department of Homeland Security is looking for opportunities to forage through the plethora of technologies already being used or in development for other government agencies, industry and academia.

Public Release: 19-Jul-2013
Electric vehicles and smart grids: First EU-US Interoperability Centre opens for business
The first of the twin centers designed to promote common standards in electric mobility and smart grids on both sides of the Atlantic was today inaugurated near Chicago. Converging standards and interoperability between smart grids and electric vehicles will allow for deeper penetration of renewable energies in the electricity systems, thus facilitating the way to a low-carbon economy. Technology harmonization will drive innovation and could prove instrumental in establishing global standards for electric mobility.

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
MAVEN spectrometer opens window to Red Planet's past
When NASA's MAVEN mission begins its journey to the Red Planet later this year, it will be equipped with a special instrument to take the planet back in time. That instrument is the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, a network of electrically charged rods that will measure the charged gas particles -- or ions -- making up Mars' upper atmosphere.

NASA

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013

Soft Robotics
Soft Robotics -- preview issue of groundbreaking journal on engineered soft devices that interact with living systems
Mary Ann Liebert Inc. publishers has introduced a preview issue of Soft Robotics, a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines.

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013

Physical Review B
An easier way to make a topological insulator for advanced electronics
Physicists at the University of Michigan say they have devised a more elegant way to fine-tune the behavior of topological insulators -- peculiar, two-faced materials whose electrical properties differ markedly between their surface and their interior.

University of Michigan/Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Rhode Island autism experts unite to launch first-of-its-kind research and advocacy consortium
Dozens of autism experts across a variety of specialties have joined together to form the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment. The consortium will bring together researchers, physicians, scientists, service providers, educators and parents to collaborate on a broad range of research, education and advocacy projects. The first project to be launched by RI-CART is a $53,000 Rhode Island Foundation grant to study primary care for those with autism.

Rhode Island Foundation

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Sigma-Aldrich® & TSRI partner to accelerate commercialization of research reagents
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation today announced a partnership with The Scripps Research Institute to fund research and provide immediate, day-of-publication access to TSRI researchers' discoveries for the synthesis and analysis of potential drugs. The partnership promises to eliminate months from the translation of cutting-edge chemistry into widespread applications for drug discovery.

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
Springer partners with State Grid Electric Power Research Institute in China
Springer is publishing a new open access journal in collaboration with the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute in China. The Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy will be fully sponsored by the Chinese research institute and will function as its official journal. The peer-reviewed publication joins Springer's Chinese Library of Science, a collection of more than 90 high-quality Chinese research journals.


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