The primary goal of the design for UBs new downtown School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is to create new opportunities for interactions between UB medical students and faculty members in clinical and basic science departments, according to Kenneth Drucker, design principal for the project and design director for HOKs New York office. To bring together academia and research, the design sandwiches the three research floors between the more public parts of the medical education program on the lower floors and the more specialized, pedagogical components, such as the human anatomy suite, on the upper floors, he says. Continue reading
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Using Artificial Intelligence (and a Little Scolding) to Reduce Energy Use
Turn your thermostat down, Dave. A new program in England looks at your energy use and then offers you suggestions on how to reduce it to save money (and emissions) Using Artificial Intelligence (and a Little Scolding) to Reduce Energy Use Image: By Andrew Price Turn your thermostat down, Dave. A new program in England looks at your energy use and then offers you suggestions on how to reduce it to save money (and emissions). Continue reading
Cytomedix Announces Landmark Bright Cell Therapy Study in Peripheral Arterial Disease
GAITHERSBURG, MD–(Marketwire – Dec 6, 2012) – Cytomedix, Inc. ( OTCQX : CMXI ) (the “Company”), a regenerative therapies company commercializing and developing innovative platelet and adult stem cell technologies, announced today the signing of an agreement with NIH to collaborate on a Phase 2 clinical study in patients with intermittent claudication (IC).IC is caused by peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a condition causing reduced flow of blood and oxygen to muscles of the leg. Continue reading
23andMe Scientists Receive More Than $500,000 In Funding from the National Institutes of Health
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A worst case scenario – Video
A worst case scenario soundcloud.com 13 hours. That's the amount of time that took the Artificial Intelligence to become conscious, to move from “Artificial” to simply… intelligence Continue reading
Research Validates BioNano Genomics’ Mapping Platform for Complex Human Genome Analysis
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In a paper published today in Nature Biotechnology, researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Institute for Human Genetics and Cardiovascular Research Institute demonstrated the utility of the Irys platform from BioNano Genomics for structural variation analysis and de novo assembly of next generation sequencing (NGS) data. Continue reading
Energy Futurist Jack Uldrich to Keynote Series of Utility Industry Events
Acclaimed futurist, business forecaster and best-selling author Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver a series of upcoming keynote presentations to the utility industry. Uldrich will review major industry trends, including advances in renewable energy, natural gas, battery technology, solid-state transformers and transmission wires as well as discuss the importance of change management in … Continue reading
Green Automotive to Join Forces with Liberty Electric Cars Limited
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Green Automotive Company (OTC:GACR) announced today that it has entered into detailed discussions with Liberty Electric Cars Limited (www.liberty-ecars.com), a UK-based developer of Electric Drive Trains, unique Battery Management Systems and provider of full support programs for all types of Electric vehicles. These discussions will lead to Liberty technology being used to convert conventional internal combustion engine driven vehicles into zero emission electric vehicles Continue reading
Flies with restless legs syndrome point to a genetic cause
ScienceDaily (May 31, 2012) When flies are made to lose a gene with links to Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), they suffer the same sleep disturbances and restlessness that human patients do. The findings reported online on May 31 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, strongly suggest a genetic basis for RLS, a condition in which patients complain of an irresistible urge to move that gets worse as they try to rest Continue reading
Liberty Power Enters Residential Electric Market in New Jersey
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Liberty Power, one of the nation’s fastest-growing and largest independent energy retailers, today announced it has launched a residential program in New Jersey. The company now has active residential offers in the utility territories of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), and Atlantic City Electric (ACE) Continue reading
BG Medicine Announces Publication of First Study on Use of Galectin-3 in Selection of Drug Therapy in Heart Failure
WALTHAM, Mass., May 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD – News), a company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular diagnostics, announced today that results from a sub-study of the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA) trial were published online in the current issue of the European Heart Journal.1 Study results demonstrated that patients with blood levels of galectin-3 below 19.0 ng/mL at the start of the trial derived significant clinical benefit from rosuvastatin (statin) treatment. Continue reading
Cubic and UC San Diego to Collaborate on Next Generation Intelligent Travel Research
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire -05/10/12)- Cubic Transportation Systems (CUB), a leading integrator of intelligent transport systems and services, and the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), one of the world’s leading public research universities, have entered into a collaborative partnership to research the next generation of intelligent travel technologies for cities. Cubic will contribute $500,000 over five years to the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering to fund research done by faculty, students and Cubic Transportation Systems staff. The project aims to achieve a better understanding of the application and utilization of emerging technologies, with the ultimate goal of making transportation easier, more convenient, more economical and environmentally greener for transit operators and their customers. Continue reading