Cardiorobotics Closes $11.6M Series A Financing to Advance Clinical Development of Snake Robot for Surgery

... promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics. The PLSG is propelling the sustainable growth of the region's life sciences economy by accelerating research and technology commercialization with seed and early-stage compa...

Dual Frost & Sullivan Accolade for Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

...f or herself from competitors by pursuing a unique restructuring, organisational management reengineering, or competitive roadmap that has resulted in propelling or sustaining the company's market position. Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognise companies in a variety of regional and global ...

Heat Sinks Market to Reach $2.64 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

...rapid development in technology with increased usage of microprocessors, is propelling growth in the heat sinks market. The United States, Japan and Europe are am...rmance laptops and home-theater PCs that generate rapid and excessive heat, propelling the demand for Heat Sinks globally. As a result, manufacturers in the hea...

Unprecedented Merger Occurs in Retained Physician Search Industry

... preferred full service search firm for several large, national hospital systems. The firm currently has several national provider agreements, quickly propelling the firm to national prominence. About Crutchfield Capital Corporation Crutchfield Capital Corporation is a private investment banking fir...

TSI Healthcare and Richmond Academy of Medicine Announce Partnership

...g the benefits of the affiliate sponsorship as well as details of the offerings available to them. "This partnership represents our shared interest in propelling the advantages of the new law for the mutual benefit of physicians and their patients. We believe RAM members can provide and receive great value thr...

The RightThing Brings Together Over 100 Top HR Execs for Thought Leadership and Collaboration

...n resources executives from a broad range of industries. The three day event offered a series of top-level presentations and discussions geared toward propelling talent acquisition to the next level. Top presenters included award-winning author Tamara Erickson, Mike Gamson, VP of Corporate Solutions at Lin...

Improved Ability to Predict Who is at Risk for Falling in SNFs and ALFs

...nted that "We have now assembled and begun testing a collection of improved predictive techniques for both the ambulating (walking) population and the propelling (wheelchair bound) population. Our database is giving us a good correlation between quarterly predictive scores and actual falls, which then allows us...

Compuware Covisint to Network VIP Health Initiative and Its Physicians, Enabling Improved Collaboration, Better Care

...said Brett Furst, Covisint Vice President of Healthcare. "Covisint's network will equip these physicians to leverage their existing platform, securely propelling its Southern California doctors into the new world of healthcare connectivity." Covisint's on-demand collaboration platform and cloud computing...

Development of Novel Assays Vital for the European Immunoassay Diagnostics Market

... growing laboratory networks and the heightened popularity of molecular tests in areas like infectious testing. However, unmet needs in the market are propelling companies to develop novel assays and differentiate themselves to stay ahead of the competition. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh...

Fishing for Opportunities in the Omega-3 Ingredients Market

...ega-3 functional ingredients are backed by compelling scientific evidence and heightened consumer awareness. This rare combination is the prime factor propelling growth and opportunities in the market. The newly established markets for omega-3 fatty acids such as cognitive health, joint health and immune health...

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Cognition Therapeutics Closes Series A Financing to Advance Drug Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease

... promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics. The PLSG is propelling the sustainable growth of the region's life sciences economy by accelerating research and technology commercialization with seed and early-stage compa...

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Illegal trade is propelling rare turtle toward extinction, new report

A new report released today finds that the illegal trade in the Roti Island snake-necked turtle, found only on one island in Indonesia, has left it all but extinct in the wild. Exotic pet enthusiasts in Europe, North America and East Asia are fueling the illegal trade for the turtle, often without...

New high-throughput screening technique makes probing puzzling proteins possible

...ange of proteins in a given class. This allows scientists to build broad-spectrum probes that will work with a whole host of uncharacterized proteins, propelling their functional analysis. While ABPP has indeed made work with uncharacterized proteins possible, one major drawback is that the technique require...

Biomedical engineering student recognized as IEEE's 'New Face of Engineering'

...lly stimulating the calf muscle pump -- also referred to as the "second heart" -- to enhance circulation. The contractions of calf muscles help in propelling deoxygenated blood back to the heart against gravity. External stimulation of the lower leg musculature could help enhance venous return and cardiovas...

Marine bacteria's mealtime dash is a swimming success

...te realistic environmental landscapes for studying marine bacteria in the lab by using microfluidic technology. P. haloplanktis is a rapid swimmer, propelling itself by a single rotating flagellum in bursts of speed up to 500 body lengths per second. (The fastest land animal, the cheetah, travels at bursts o...

Herr receives Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment

...es. Most recently, Dr. Herr and his Biomechatronics research group at the MIT Media Lab have developed a robotic foot-ankle prosthesis capable of propelling the wearer forward and varying its stiffness over irregular terrain, successfully mimicking the action of a biological angle, and, for the first time,...

Darwin's famous finches and Venter's marine microbes

...ive bacteria are best known for their hardy spores, but this ability has been entirely lost in their marine relatives.. Flagella, whip-like extensions propelling bacteria forward and pili, short extensions used to exchange genetic material between bacteria (also known as microbial sex), are also less frequent i...

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Cardiorobotics Announces New CEO, PLSG Executive-in-Residence to Lead Company

... promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics. The PLSG is propelling the sustainable growth of the region's life sciences economy by accelerating research and technology commercialization with seed and early-stage compa...

Clarient Reports Strong Revenue Increase for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008

...ndrews , Clarient Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe these drivers differentiate Clarient from traditional diagnostic labs and are propelling us to sustainable, positive adjusted EBITDA and operating earnings in 2009." The Company also stated that the expansion of the Clarient sales for...

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Starts 2009 With Investment Momentum

... promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics. The PLSG is propelling the sustainable growth of western Pennsylvania's life sciences economy by accelerating research and technology commercialization with seed and early-s...

Microrobots dance on something smaller than a pin's head

...current design: devices about 60 microns wide, 250 microns long and 10 microns high that each run off power scavenged from an electrified surface. propelling themselves across such surfaces in an inchworm-like fashion impelled by a "scratch-drive" motion actuator, the microrobots advance in steps only 10 to...

'Two-Faced' Particles Act Like Tiny Submarines

...them functionality," Velev said. "The next step is to create more complex particles that are able to perform more specialized functions in addition to propelling themselves around." The research is funded by the National Science Foundation and a Camile and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar grant. Note to ed...

'2-faced' particles act like tiny submarines

...them functionality," Velev said. "The next step is to create more complex particles that are able to perform more specialized functions in addition to propelling themselves around." ...

Hot Technology, Hot Jobs and Cool Communities

... WTN Interviews Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting WTN: What technologies are propelling next generation communities? Rebecca Ryan: High speed and wireless networks enable any person to work anywhere. Quality health care is beco...

Forbes highlights Wisconsin biotech, names Madison #1 business city

...amie Thomson, and Hector DeLuca. Forbes' Midwest Bureau Chief, Mark Tatge wrote, This hotbed of radicalism has grown into a seedbed of biocapitalism, propelling the region to the number one slot of our Best Places for Business and Careers. Tatge reported how the Wisconsin Research Alumni Association is a dr...

Four ways lawmakers could help Wisconsins high-growth economy

... base combined by enabling businesses like Rockwell Automation access to a well-trained, productive workforce." Senate Bill 372, considered key in propelling Wisconsin to the forefront of the emerging biomedical industry, would provide sustainable funding for the creation of the Bio-Medical Technology Allia...

Orbitec will use $25 million Air Force contract to make small launch vehicle

...e." Orbitec will focus on improving designs for smaller demonstration flight vehicles like sub-orbital vehicles and others that could be capable of propelling between 1,000 and 5,000-kilogram payloads into orbit. "Then we'll look at some really big vehicles," Rice said. "But right now we're focused on doi...

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Pseudopod

...the leading edge, which subsequently will blend into one another to form networks. We suppose that actin polymerization is at the origine of the force propelling the cell forwards. Function They are involved in a variety of cell activities, most notably: Mechanical role Pseudopods are one of the ...

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Paramecium

... organism that lives in water. ... Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Paramecium ? ... A paramecium can digest food, move through water by propelling themselves with ... Paramecium , genus of protozoa of the phylum Ciliophora, often called slipper ... Paramecium - Wikipedia, the free enc...