Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
... and graduate studentsto apply their knowledge and innovation to a "real world" projectaddressing unmet needs of the handicapped. In this case, it put students Brian Feldman, Donna Geddes and Larry Maciolekon a 20-hour-a-week regimen of brainstorming, parts scrounging, buildingand testing that culminated in a ...Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
...nd sociology will explore the intersection of law, innovation and entrepreneurship. He will introduce a second seminar in which pre-law undergraduates will learn about the practices and life-histories of local attorneys. Helen Na, an electrical engineer at the Universityof California-Los Angeles, will develop...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
... avoid accidents. In the mid-1970s, this ergonomic innovation and three other configurations were installed in 2,100 Washington, D.C.-area taxicabs. The CHML configuration resulted in a 50% reduction in both rear-end collisions and collision severity. Following several additional field studies, Federal Motor Ve...The Shape Of Life: How Does The Computer "Know" When It Sees It?
...r magazinehas selected as the top computersoftware innovation the year. This software grew from earlier work funded byNASA's biotechnology researchprogram to investigate the structures of proteins. Whereas traditional methods of searching for drugs, or searching for life onMars for that matter, require scientis...National Science Medalists Named
...heir creativity, resolve, and a restless spirit of innovation to ensure continued U.S. leadership across the frontiers of scientific knowledge." The individuals awarded the nation's highest scientific honor have had wide-ranging impact on social policy, cancer research, materials science, and greatly extended...Leibniz Prize Winners 1999 - Most Highly Endowed German Promotional Prize For Ten Scientists
...stner is notonly characterised by a high degree of innovation and originality, it alsooffers a still incalculable application potential for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Fürstner has already received four offersof chairs in his discipline from German and foreign universities. Professor Dr....Butterflies Help Reveal The Source Of Life's Little Luxuries
...ction." "To our thinking, the reuse of genes makes innovation easier," said Carroll, abiologist whose work has helped resolve the role genes play in making suchthings as arms, legs and wings . "Evolution," he said, "is working by integrating sets of things it already has.You're using a circuit over and over aga...NSF's Highest Honor For New Faculty Fosters Integration Of Research And Education
...ith the learningprocess and continuous educational innovation lies at the heart of theseawards," said NSF Acting Deputy Director Joseph Bordogna. "The nation'scumulative experience in science, mathematics, engineering and technologyeducation tells us that serious discovery and learning skills areinterdependent...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
...ese amplification systems has retarded the pace of innovation in modern-day designs of open-air theaters. Emmanuel G. Tzekakis of Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki in Greece ( emil49@compulink.gr )will describe the design of a 5000-seat outdoor theater based on ancient Greek prototypes, and intended to provide th...Bees: Latest Weapon In Cancer Fight
...cer.It is especially pleasing to see an Australian innovation being supported bycompanies such as CSL Limited and the IR&D Board," said Dr Simon Carroll, thedivisional commercial development manager. "We still have a fairly long way to go with this research. We are still sometime from clinical application, but ...Purdue helps Indiana companies with pollution dilemma
...al partsof the consortium's efforts. Technological innovation offers qualityenhancement, productivity increases and cost savings, in addition to emissionreductions," Noonan says. Research into new technology will improve Indiana'seconomic competitiveness, he adds. Styrene, a suspected carcinogen, has be...University Of Toronto team discovers salt tolerance gene in plants
...us factorslimiting the productivity of crops, this innovation could have significantimplications for the agricultural world," Blumwald said. In most crops theactivity of the antiport transport system is very low. These plants cannot drivewater into the cell in the presence of salt and instead lose water, causin...In an innovation aimed at broadening the academic base for cellular andgenetic research related to the environment, the National Institute ofEnvironmental Health Sciences and the National Institute of General MedicalSciences today announced the first environmental he...Researchers say hormones are key to evolution of insect metamorphosis
...t led to the evolution ofa unique larval stage, an innovation that allowed a virtual population explosionamong t...ater light on how life patterns have evolved. "Any innovation that helps you generate species that account for more than halfof all living animals is not a trivia...Expect rapid, pervasive innovation in 21st century
...ugh electricity to run a house. Another near-term innovation will be the proliferation of tiny, wireless electronic sensors thesize of computer chips that will improve safety and make life easier in the workplace and home. "I think, in general, everything that surrounds us will be 'smart,'" says Kent Fuchs (p...President Clinton awards nation's highest honor for science and technology
...market for laser bar code scanning; for technical innovation and practical application of mobile computing; and for wireless local area network technologies. Commerce Secretary William M. Daley said the technology laureates "exemplify the inventive spirit that has kept America strong. From advancements ......e film's electrical properties. The Weizmann innovation should prove highly beneficial in developing a wide range of microelectronic applications as well as in studying various chemical and biological systems....Rising Maryland to welcome new biotech president
...aryland maintain its stance as a premier center of innovation and growth in the biotech industry," says Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening. Maryland is generally recognized as having the nation's third largest biotechnology sector and rapidly expanding, with $1.17 billion investments in private companies,...Turning salt and water into wine
...and California. It sounds like a case study in innovation and the commercialisation of pure research; also areas that the federal government is being urged to encourage. And a test case it may prove to be, but not necessarily to the benefit of the researchers. Brilliant ideas do not always translate to com...Ancient running reptile was bipedal, say Science researchers
...cinating because it confirms that bipedalism is an innovation that has happened several times. It happened in some dinosaurs, and their bird descendants, and it happened in mammals, so it must be a good idea in terms of evolution," said Reisz. Reisz and colleagues plan to continue excavations at the site, which...