Partnering
Shimadzu, Integrated Analysis bring enterprise-level private-cloud services to laboratories
March 20, 2013 2:56 pm | News | CommentsIn today's laboratories, experimental data sets are growing larger, and critical tasks such as data storage, processing, mining, and sharing have become cumbersome, error prone, and expensive. The i3D Enterprise Service, offered by Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and Integrated Analysis Inc., overcomes these challenges by integrating storage, processing, and data mining in an enterprise-level private cloud.
Cool Earth Solar, Sandia form partnership
February 20, 2013 3:40 pm | News | CommentsIn a public-private partnership that takes full advantage of the Livermore Valley Open Campus for the first time, Sandia National Laboratories and Cool Earth Solar have signed an agreement that could make solar energy more affordable and accessible. The five-year Cooperative Research & Development Agreement calls for researchers with Sandia's New Mexico solar energy program to help pilot, characterize, and validate Cool Earth Solar's inflated, concentrated photovoltaic technology.
Netzsch, NREL announce partnership
February 7, 2013 11:29 am | News | CommentsNetzsch Instrument North America LLC and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have announced a joint collaboration to develop an instrument designed to test the performance and safety of large-format lithium-ion batteries (LFLIB). The instrumentation will be able to safely and accurately characterize heat output and efficiency of LFLIB, in varying temperature, pressure, load, and use conditions.
LabSmith, Fluigent join forces
January 24, 2013 9:37 am | News | CommentsTwo microfluidic instrument manufactures are partnering to provide seamless access to an expansive range of tools for electrokinetic and electrophoretic experiments. LabSmith and Fluigent join forces in the promotion of a microfluidic voltage control platform composed of LabSmith's HVS448 eight channel high voltage sequencer and Fluigent's MFCS (microfluidic flow control system) and Electrowell device.
Iowa groups to create renewable fuels coalition
January 22, 2013 10:58 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSeveral Iowa businesses and organizations have joined together to create a coalition that will push for continued government support of renewable fuels including ethanol and biodiesel. The Iowa RFS Coalition includes biotech giants DuPont, Monsanto, and Syngenta. In addition groups representing corn and soybean growers and farm equipment dealers have joined in the effort.
Netzsch to supply SpaceX’s thermal analysis laboratory instruments
January 10, 2013 10:12 am | News | CommentsNetzsch Instruments North America LLC announced that it is currently the sole supplier to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of high-temperature thermal analysis instruments used to characterize material properties for space applications. The instruments will be used to fine-tune properties of existing materials and to develop new materials for use in the demanding, harsh environments of space.
Organovo partners with Autodesk
December 18, 2012 3:30 pm | News | CommentsOrganovo Holdings Inc., a creator and manufacturer of functional, 3D human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications, is working together with researchers at Autodesk Inc. to create the first 3D design software for bioprinting.
Georgia Tech collaborates with GE, Ford on alternative fuel vehicle research
November 26, 2012 8:35 am | News | CommentsResearchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering with GE and Ford Motor Co. to study ways to add greater efficiencies to electric driving and charging performance.
Nucor, Encana sign natural gas agreement
November 6, 2012 11:04 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNucor Corp. has agreed to team up with the U.S. division of Encana Corp. on a project that would provide natural gas for its steelmaking facilities. Financial terms were not disclosed. Nucor said Tuesday that Encana will drill and operate onshore natural gas wells. Nucor will pay its share of the costs plus an additional amount of carried interest as each well is drilled, subject to caps.
Sandia Labs partner with Northrop Grumman, GE
November 5, 2012 9:40 am | News | CommentsSandia National Laboratories has signed a pair of cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) that could broadly add to the Labs' research into combustion, defense, energy, and nuclear security. The umbrella CRADAs, which enable Sandia and its partners to pursue multiple projects in a variety of categories, are with Northrop Grumman Information Systems and General Electric Global Research.
NRI to lead five-year effort to develop post-CMOS electronics
October 19, 2012 8:17 am | News | CommentsNIST announced the selection of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a collaboration of several key firms in the semiconductor industry, to support university-centered research for the development of after-the-next-generation "nanoelectronics" technology. NRI consists of participants from the semiconductor industry, including GLOBALFOUNDRIES, IBM, Intel, Micron Technology, and Texas Instruments.
