Techonology, Engineering and Computer Science News

Fellowships to assist 9 UC Riverside students secure doctoral degrees
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(University of California - Riverside) The University of California, Riverside has awarded nine first-year graduate students an annual stipend of $30,000 for two years to increase underrepresented minority students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the doctoral level. In addition to the stipend that covers living expenses, each student's graduate tuition and fees are fully covered. Because of the fellowships, the nine students will be fully engaged in research from the outset.

Study published in Neuro-Oncology shows brain tumor eradication and prolonged survival
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Canale Communications) Tocagen Inc. today announced the publication of data showing the company's investigational treatment for high grade glioma eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic survival benefit in mouse models of glioblastoma. Almost all mice receiving the top dose of Toca 511 followed by 5-FC were still alive at 180 days, which was the termination date for the experiment, whereas all control mice died by day 43. The article was published today in the February issue of the Neuro-Oncology journal.

Jointly utilizing LTE networks
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Data-intensive Internet applications on smartphones, tablets and laptops are more popular than ever before. The result: Traffic on the mobile network is increasing at a blinding speed. Intelligent technologies are intended to increase the data rates on the new LTE network. The solution is to use the mobile networks jointly.

Researchers find social robots require astute tuning to improve acceptability by the human mind
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(The Kavli Foundation) The future of social robotics requires meeting the expectations of the human brain, as well as keenly respecting the subtle complexities of both verbal and nonverbal communication.

Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought, say scientists
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Imperial College London) Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analyzing individual particles of Martian soil.

Judder-free videos on the smartphone
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Overloaded cellular networks can get annoying - especially when you want to watch a video on your smartphone. An optimized Radio Resource Manager will soon be able to help network operators accommodate heavy network traffic. Researchers will present their solution at the GSMA Mobile World Congress from Feb. 27 to March 1, 2012 in Barcelona (Hall 2, Booth E41).

DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomy 18 and trisomy 13
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Women & Infants Hospital) A recent study by Drs. Glenn Palomaki and Jacob Canick of Women & Infants Hospital shows that a new DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomies 18 and 13.

ORNL, partners earn FLC honor for cookstove technology
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Envirofit International, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Colorado State University have won a Federal Laboratory Consortium award for excellence in technology transfer for a clean-burning cookstove designed for the developing world.

Scripps research scientists demonstrate effective new 'biopsy in a blood test' to detect cancer
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells -- breakaway cells from patients' solid tumors -- from cancer patients. The findings, reported in five new papers, show that the highly sensitive blood analysis provides information that may soon be comparable to that from some types of surgical biopsies.

Technology that translates content to the Internet protocol of the future
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Carlos III University of Madrid) A new protocol, IPv6, is being introduced across the Web. Researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid who are participating in the Trilogy project have defined technology that allows users of this protocol to access Internet contents that are currently only available to users entering the Web using IPv4 protocol.