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Qualia Oto's cochlear implant. [Rendering: Qualia Oto]
Qualia Oto Lands New Funding for Its Mission to Restore Hearing in Patients
by Kevin Cummings | Jul 20, 2022
UT Dallas-based Qualia Oto is developing the next generation of cochlear implants, and has announced closing a Series A preferred round of around $1.64 million.
Unlike typical cochlear implants that use bundles of wires attached to a receiver to stimulate the auditory nerve, Qualia Oto’s implant uses thin-film electrode arrays embedded in a polymer, allowing for more contact with the inner ear. That translates to a higher quality and range of sounds that are able to be transmitted.
by Kevin Cummings |
May 6, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 22, 2022
The study by a team of SMU civil engineering researchers was supported by a five-year, $584,000 National Science Foundation grant. The team hopes that their study will lead to equitable improvements in the identified neighborhoods—with better groceries, internet access, noise walls, crosswalks, hospital access, bike trails, and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 28, 2021
The project will look at the particular challenges Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Native Pacific Islander students face. The research team plans to develop strategies to recruit and retain more Indigenous students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
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TWU Receives Nearly $1M Grant to Bolster Education in STEM Fields
by Lance Murray | Jul 31, 2019
The National Science Foundation grant will back the Scholarships, Teams and Research (TWU STAR) project aimed at increasing undergraduate engagement, retention, and graduation in STEM-related fields.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 2, 2018
Also, you'll learn about a UTD professor aiming to improve cochlear implants, as well as the Kinesiology team from TWU preparing for a big space competition and Collin College get a $3.7 million NSF grant. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas that could make lives better.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 10, 2018
Also, UT Southwestern makes discoveries in pediatric kidney cancer. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas aimed at making our lives better.
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by Lance Murray |
May 11, 2018
Plus, a local researcher is looking at how media coverage affects public perception of the court system. Find out more in the weekly roundup of research and development in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Boost to Education: Cognizant Gives $100M for STEM, American Airlines Awards Grants for Flight Instruction
by Lance Murray | Feb 13, 2018
North Texas educational institutions receive financial backing for their programs from foundations and businesses.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Aug 21, 2017
The initiative is funded by a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 1, 2017
A $714,992 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology grant supports the study that will use frogs to help take a leap forward in understanding how organisms can adapt to varying environments.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 11, 2017
The workshop was made possible by a $75,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and $25,000 from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Smart Cities Reverse Pitch Focuses on Community Needs
by Julia Batlle | Feb 20, 2017
The city of Richardson is one of 22 cities in the program, and one of nine that has accepted the "smart gigabit city" app development challenge.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2016
The research will integrate multiple modalities of very large, complex patient data to help improve patient outcomes, find cures.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 18, 2016
Former Alcon employees have new product to treat impacted earwax.
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by Bill Sproull |
Jan 7, 2016
A partnership between Richardson and the University of Texas at Dallas with US Ignite will advance the technology ecosystem in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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