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Jin Liu is an assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. [Photo: Jill Johnson/UNTHSC]
Discovery: UNTHSC Works on More Precise CRISPR, UTSW Uses AI in Depression Research
by Lance Murray | Oct 4, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out about how a $427,000 NIH grant is helping a UTA team study the healing of cranial injuries, and how Lexus researchers are creating a high-end audio system.
by Kathryn Chavez |
Oct 4, 2019
The work by a team of researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas could lead to improved prosthetic hands.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 2, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: teleCalm's telephone system for impaired individuals, AiBUY's interactive product placement system, Allied Bioscience's composition to form self decontaminating surface, Capital One Services' method for an ATM to issue a secured bank card, Flex-a-Rock Holdings' latex-based formulations for coating and sculpting applications, rewardStyle's methods for screenshot linking, Tella Firma's expendable fluid drive actuators for foundation lifting, Tesla's solar photovoltaic power conditioning units, TRV Dispense's soft food and beverage dispenser, and Wells Fargo Banks' methods for processing nuances in natural language.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 1, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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Discovery: UNT Professor Studies Postpartum Depression’s History; UTD Probes Effects of ‘Passive’ Social Media Use
by Lance Murray | Sep 27, 2019
In this week's roundup of North Texas research and development activity, you'll also read about a UTA professor who's investigating novel manufacturing technology to find more reliable temperature readings in extreme conditions.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 25, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcatel Lucent's driver behavior monitoring systems, Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems' bio-dimming lighting, CTL Medical Corporation's biomedical implants, Focal Therapeutics's implantable tissue marker device, GF-17's method for creating and sharing bots, Sprinkl.IO's remote wireless moisture sensors for irrigation, Texas Instrument's error-correcting analog-to-digital converters, and Victor Equipment Company's automated gas cutting system.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 24, 2019
The majority woman-owned biotech company is moving into a 10,000-square-foot space that supports its in-house manufacturing needs. Eosera has also added two more ear care products to its line, which are sold in more than 13,000 stores across the U.S.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 23, 2019
The costs are enormous—to the tune of $166B—according to M. Ray Perryman and a new Urban Mobility Report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Sitting in traffic costs Americans wasted hours (8.8 billion) and fuel (3.3 billion). Here's where we rank in Texas, and what we might do about it.
The costs are enormous—to the tune of $166B—according to M. Ray Perryman and a new Urban Mobility Report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Sitting in traffic costs Americans wasted hours (8.8 billion) and fuel (3.3 billion).
Here's where we rank in Texas, and what we might do about it.
Here's where we rank in Texas, and what we might do about it.
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Cruise for Soapbox Supremacy When the Red Bull Race Comes to Dallas
by Maddie Preston | Sep 20, 2019
The Red Bull Soapbox Race will cruise into Dallas-Fort Worth next week (for the first time since 2012). Gearheads have been planning, plotting, and building their gravity-powered creations for months.
The more outrageous, the better.
The more outrageous, the better.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 20, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find news about a UT Southwestern study on how exercise may slow brain deterioration for those at risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 19, 2019
Products made at the new facility—which begins operations early next year—will boost network capacity and coverage to meet the demand for rapid 5G deployment across North America.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 18, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: American Security Product's physical article exchange using a safe, Armor Defense's detection of malicious instructions in a virtual machine memory, BLIVIC's needle for a bloodless intravenous catheter system, Capital One Services' visualization of vehicle condition using extended reality, Yeshvik Solutions' parking system, and Futurewei's device for providing a key for IoT communication.
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North Texas Scientists Aim to Win a $50M (and Climbing) War on the Roses
by Quincy Preston | Sep 14, 2019
A virus called Rose Rosette is wreaking havoc for the horticulture industry. Thanks to virus cloning, a team of scientists may have a solution.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 13, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how an SMU professor and students from Garland High School are using smartphone data to monitor a local bridge’s health.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 11, 2019
Masergy's newest product is the "industry’s first digital assistant for network, security, and application optimization."
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 11, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Raytheon's "agricultural situational awareness" tool, Enseo's hospitality property management tool, Garrity Power Services' wirelessly powered locker, Global Tel*Link's AR system for guards, Microfabrica's releasable tissue anchoring device, MoneyGram's prefunding for money transfer, Nicomodo's floral packaging method and apparatus, Sigh's noise detector and analysis/alert engine, Toyota's vehicle console with device charging trays, USAA's methods for distributed currency management, Verizon's identification of wireless coverage for multi-occupant structures, and ZS Pharma's compositions to remove toxins from the GI tract.
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