Study Opens Route to Ultra-Low-Power Microchips By: David L. Chandler | MIT News Office A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically less power than existing versions. The approach could also overcome some of the inherent [..]
FDA Approves Novartis Drug Promacta® for First-line SAA |Breakthrough Therapy Designation By: Novartis News Basel, November 16, 2018 – Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the label for Promacta®(eltrombopag) to include first-line treatment for adults and pediatric patients two years and older with SAA in [..]
Viruses Against Bacteria: First TED Talk on Phage Therapy by Alexander Belcredi of PhagoMed Vienna, 16 November 2018: Today the first TED Talk on phages and phage therapy went live on TED.com. In the talk, PhagoMed’s Co-Founder and CEO Alexander Belcredi recounts how he became fascinated by phages, the history [..]
Liquid Fuel That Can Store The Sun’s Energy For Up to 18 Years Originally Published at www.sciencealert.com No matter how abundant or renewable, solar power has a thorn in its side. There is still no cheap and efficient long-term storage for the energy that it generates. The solar industry has [..]
‘Bionic Mushrooms’ Fuse Nanotech, Bacteria and Fungi By: Stevens Institute of Technology. In their latest feat of engineering, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with 3D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate electricity and swirls [..]
Graphene Takes a Step Towards Renewable Fuel By: Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are working to develop a method to convert water and carbon dioxide to the renewable energy of the future, using the energy from the sun and graphene applied to the surface of cubic silicon carbide. They [..]
Detecting E. coli Strains Using Molecular Electronics By: University of California – Davis News Finding a fast and inexpensive way to detect specific strains of bacteria and viruses is critical to food safety, water quality, environmental protection and human health. However, current methods for detecting illness-causing strains of bacteria such [..]
TWIICE One Exoskeleton is a Step Towards Independence By: Anne-Muriel Brouet The new version of the TWIICE walking-assistance system is not only lighter, more comfortable and more powerful, but patients can also put it on and use it themselves – giving them greater independence. It has been tested by handcycling champion [..]
Chemical Synthesis Could Produce More Potent Antibiotics By: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Using a novel type of chemical reaction, MIT researchers have shown that they can modify antibiotics in a way that could potentially make them more effective against drug-resistant infections. By chemically linking the antibiotic vancomycin to [..]
Sandoz Receives FDA Approval for Biosimilar HyrimozTM By: Novartis News Sandoz, a Novartis division and the pioneer and global leader in biosimilars, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its biosimilar, HyrimozTM (adalimumab-adaz). The FDA granted approval for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in patients [..]
How to Mass Produce Cell-Sized Robots By: David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Tiny robots no bigger than a cell could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers at MIT. The microscopic devices, which the team calls “syncells” (short for synthetic cells), might eventually be used to monitor [..]
Study Reveals How The Brain Overcomes its Own Limitations By: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Imagine trying to write your name so that it can be read in a mirror. Your brain has all of the visual information you need, and you’re a pro at writing your own name. [..]
New CRISPR Tool Opens Up More of The Genome For Editing By: Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent The genome editing system CRISPR has become a hugely important tool in medical research, and could ultimately have a significant impact in fields such as agriculture, bioenergy, and food security. The targeting system [..]
Genentech Announces FDA Approval of XOFLUZA (Baloxavir Marboxil) for Influenza Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved XOFLUZA™ (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated influenza, or flu, in people 12 years of [..]
Alcon to Develop SMART Suite digital health platform for cataract surgery By: Novartis News| Alcon Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, today announced plans to develop the SMART Suite by Alcon, an innovative, digital platform that is designed to streamline, simplify and improve [..]
Probiotics And Antibiotics Create a Killer Combination By: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, MIT researchers have enlisted the help of beneficial bacteria known as probiotics. In a new study, the researchers showed that by delivering a combination of antibiotic drugs and probiotics, they could [..]
New, Highly Stable Catalyst May Help Turn Water Into Fuel By: Lois Yoksoulian |Physical Sciences Editor Breaking the bonds between oxygen and hydrogen in water could be a key to the creation of hydrogen in a sustainable manner, but finding an economically viable technique for this has proved difficult. Researchers report [..]
Perovskite Solar Cells Leap Towards Commercialization By : Ipsita Herlekar |OSIT News Solar energy has long been considered the most sustainable option for replacing our dependence on fossil fuels, but technologies for converting solar energy into electricity must be both efficient and inexpensive. Scientists from the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at [..]
Libtayo® Received FDA Aproval As First And Only Treatment For Second Most Common Skin Cancer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc) for the treatment of patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) or locally advanced CSCC who are not candidates for curative surgery [..]
FDA Approved the First and Only Therapy for the Treatment of Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) Lung Disease Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq:INSM), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the unmet needs of patients with rare diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval of ARIKAYCE® (amikacin liposome inhalation suspension) for the [..]
New Battery Gobbles Up Carbon Dioxide By: David L. Chandler | MIT News Office A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, which is currently [..]
MAZE SOLVER Robotics Workshop, Gwalior-India | Scipreneur 15-16th September, 2018 Venue: Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, MP, India The best way to predict the future is to invent it! IETE students’ forum MITS is back with a workshop on ‘MAZE SOLVER ROBOT’ Powered by Scipreneur Pvt Limied. It is [..]
Nanotubes Change The Shape of Water By: Rice University News First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nanotube hole. Then insert water. If the nanotube is just the right width, the water molecules will align into a square rod. Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and his team used molecular models to [..]
Shape-Shifting Material Can Morph, Reverse Itself Using Heat, Light By: University of Colorado at Boulder A new material developed by CU Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and fit into a round hole before fully reverting to [..]
New Antibiotic Candidates Discovered by MIT Scientists By: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as potential antibiotics have now discovered that other peptides in the human body can also [..]
Picture This: Camera With No Lens By: University of Uta News In the future, your car windshield could become a giant camera sensing objects on the road. Or each window in a home could be turned into a security camera. University of Utah electrical and computer engineers have discovered a [..]
Revolutionary Printable Metal Tags Turn Everyday Objects Into Smart, Connected Devices By: University of California – San Diego Engineers have developed printable metal tags that could be attached to everyday objects and turn them into “smart” Internet of Things devices. The metal tags are made from patterns of copper foil printed onto [..]
Novel Optics for Ultrafast Cameras By: Rob Matheson | MIT News Office MIT researchers have developed novel photography optics that capture images based on the timing of reflecting light inside the optics, instead of the traditional approach that relies on the arrangement of optical components. These new principles, the researchers [..]
Making Cancer Treatment Less Toxic by AI Based Machine-Learning From Patient Data By: Rob Matheson | MIT News Office MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing for glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. [..]
Theory of Creativity Challenge: August 2018 Last Date is Extended to September 10th 2018 What is Theory of Creativity (TOC) August 2018 Challenge? With “TOC Aug 2018 Challenge” we would like to stimulate the thought process of young and creative mind and enable them to understand the upcoming challenges of [..]
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