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Released: 25-Feb-2021 10:55 AM EST
Binghamton University professor elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors
Binghamton University, State University of New York

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) recently named 61 academic inventors to the 2021 class of senior members. Among them is Professor Lijun Yin from Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Released: 25-Feb-2021 10:45 AM EST
Research Fellow Turns to Accelerator Power for Wastewater Cleanup
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

In honor of Hermann Grunder, the founding director of Jefferson Lab, and his contributions to accelerator science, the lab recently established the Hermann Grunder Postdoctoral Fellowship in Accelerator Science. Now, the first Hermann Grunder fellow, John Vennekate, has started work. He said he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his fellowship’s namesake to continue blazing a new trail for practical applications of superconducting accelerators.

Released: 24-Feb-2021 2:55 PM EST
'Trending' doctors' notes could help hospitals predict COVID-19 surges
NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre

A new study, published today in Nature Digital Medicine, found that 'natural language processing' (NLP) of information routinely recorded by doctors - as part of patients' electronic health records - reveal vital trends that could help clinical teams forecast and plan for surges in patients.

   
Released: 24-Feb-2021 2:05 PM EST
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center First Hospital in the World to Use Innovative ECMO Technology to Treat Patient with COVID-19
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center has become the first hospital in the world to use a new extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system to treat and improve breathing for a patient with COVID-19.

   
Released: 24-Feb-2021 1:05 PM EST
S&T Awards Minority Serving Institutions $446K for Summer Research Projects
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T announced today that nine faculty members from S&T’s OUP Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) program have been selected to receive a total of $446,200 in funding to continue their Summer Research Team (SRT) program for research projects at several DHS S&T Centers of Excellence (COE).

Released: 24-Feb-2021 10:40 AM EST
The GovLab at NYU Tandon releases report on the impact of online communities and role of their leaders
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering released a report, “The Power of Virtual Communities,” which examines the role online groups play in creating opportunities for people to build new kinds of meaningful communities they often could not form in real space.

Released: 23-Feb-2021 1:55 PM EST
Leinco Technologies, Inc., and La Jolla Institute for Immunology announce license agreement
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), one of the leading research organizations dedicated to studying the immune system announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Leinco Technologies, Inc., a premier developer and manufacturer of leading-edge recombinant proteins, antibodies, and conjugates.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2021 12:45 PM EST
New Cornell Tech course helping cities reboot
Cornell University

Finding innovative solutions for cities’ most pressing problems is a primary goal of the new Urban Tech Hub, part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.

Released: 23-Feb-2021 12:40 PM EST
New material is next step toward stable high-voltage long-life solid-state sodium-ion batteries
University of California San Diego

A team of researchers designed and manufactured a new sodium-ion conductor for solid-state sodium-ion batteries that is stable when incorporated into higher-voltage oxide cathodes. This new solid electrolyte could dramatically improve the efficiency and lifespan of this class of batteries. A proof of concept battery built with the new material lasted over 1000 cycles while retaining 89.3% of its capacity--a performance unmatched by other solid-state sodium batteries to date.

18-Feb-2021 2:55 PM EST
Measuring Hemoglobin Levels with AI Microscope, Microfluidic Chips
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

A complete blood count can help ascertain the health of a patient and typically includes an estimate of the hemoglobin concentration, which can indicate several conditions, including anemia, polycythemia, and pulmonary fibrosis. In AIP Advances, researchers describe a new AI-powered imaging-based tool to estimate hemoglobin levels. The setup was developed in conjunction with a microfluidic chip and an AI-powered automated microscope that was designed for deriving the total as well as differential counts of blood cells.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2021 8:30 AM EST
AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine to Testify Before Congress about the Impact of COVID-19 on Early Career Scholars and Doctoral Students
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Felice J. Levine, executive director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology at a hearing titled “Building Back the U.S. Research Enterprise: COVID Impacts and Recovery” on Thursday, February 25. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. ET. It follows a hearing that the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology held in September 2020 to examine the impact of COVID-19 on university research and the scientific enterprise.

Released: 23-Feb-2021 8:00 AM EST
SLAS and The Pistoia Alliance Partner to Promote Life Sciences Startup Companies
SLAS

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Pistoia Alliance to support and promote innovative life sciences start-ups and emerging companies.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2021 7:45 AM EST
Saki monkeys get screen time for more control over their lives in captivity
Aalto University

Scientists have designed and built an on-demand video device for white-faced saki monkeys to activate as and when they like. It's up to the animals to decide whether they want to step inside the device – the equivalent of pressing play – to watch the video of the week, from sealife like fish and jellyfish to wiggly worms and other zoo animals to abstract art and lush forests.

   
Released: 22-Feb-2021 3:35 PM EST
FSU researchers develop battery component that uses compound from plants
Florida State University

A Florida State University research team has developed a way to use a material found in plants to help create safer batteries. Using the organic polymer lignin — a compound in the cell walls of plants that makes them rigid — the team was able to create battery electrolytes.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 3:15 PM EST
DHS Announces Seven R&D Awards to Help Secure Nation's Mobile Network Infrastructure
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T and CISA are jointly announcing the inaugural research and development (R&D) awards for the newly-launched Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI) project.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 1:20 PM EST
Journey Through the Universe 2021
NSF's NOIRLab

Journey Through the Universe — which, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place entirely online for the first time in 2021 — will share the wonders of the Universe and the possibilities of a career in science and technology with school students on Hawai‘i Island. This year’s iteration of the flagship astronomy education and outreach program is highlighted by a week of virtual educational programming from 1 to 5 March 2021.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 12:35 PM EST
Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
University of Southern California (USC)

Biological systems can harness their living cells for growth and regeneration, but engineering systems cannot. Until now.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 12:25 PM EST
The appearance of robots affects our perception of the morality of their decisions
University of Helsinki

Moralities of Intelligent Machines is a project that investigates people's attitudes towards moral choices made by artificial intelligence.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 10:00 AM EST
A Sponge to Soak Up Carbon Dioxide in the Air
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Increasingly, scientists are recognizing that negative emissions technologies (NETs) to remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will be an essential component in the strategy to mitigate climate change. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a multidisciplinary Department of Energy research lab, is pursuing a portfolio of negative emissions technologies and related research.



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