No, a spaceship didn’t land in Hillsboro. It’s OHSU’s new Data Dome Oregon Health & Science University just boosted its capacity for “big data” biomedical research with a new geodesic-dome-shaped data center on its West Campus. Located at 505 N.W. 185th Ave. in Hillsboro, the $22 million data center began operating in July. It may…
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Facilities covered by an aluminum dome will be built by a start-up Innovative data center design created at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) will be available as a commercial product, with the technology spun off through a start-up called Server Dome. In 2014, OHSU built a facility in Hillsboro that was covered by…
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School Project Nets Sweet Solution to Major Berry Pest It’s difficult to overstate the havoc spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has wreaked on berry crops. Since its first appearance in California nearly a decade ago, the invasive pest has caused millions of dollars of crop losses. While growers who produce soft-skinned fruits, like blueberries, raspberries, and…
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Also available in plasma (Image: Nick Daly/Getty) Glow-in-the-dark trucks use plasma to reduce drag and save fuel Click here for original release: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730314-600-plasma-makes-lorries-hit-purple-patch-of-fuel-efficiency/ YOU’RE driving down the motorway at night when you pass a truck that’s glowing purple. Don’t worry, it isn’t leaking toxic chemicals: it just has a clever way of reducing drag by using…
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“Headlight white” and “stoplight red,” the characteristic colors of the highway at night, could soon get a companion: “plasma purple”—that is, if a new fuel-saving, aerodynamic technology catches on big with big-rig trucks. The electric plasmas emitted by the devices, which glow purple-violet in the dark, can smooth the turbulent wakes that sweep off the…
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NASA, Mobile Antenna Platform Systems Inc. to Launch UAV Tracking Platform NASA has signed a license agreement with Mobile Antenna Platform Systems Inc. to commercialize a portable antenna platform the company designed to provide users satellite-based tracking functions for unmanned aerial vehicles. The space agency said Friday the platform is built to constantly rotate approximately 60 pounds of antennas, transmitters and receivers and eliminate the…
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Plasma actuator promises more power in moderate winds Andrew Merecicky (See original release here http://www.windpowerengineering.com/author/amerecicky/) An innovative and patent-pending plasma actuator for turbine blades has the potential to increase their rotational speed in wind from near zero to 12-mph and possibly more. It does so by creating a stream-wise longitudinal vortex sheet that reduces aerodynamic drag.…
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Penny Auction Solutions, Inc. Secures $10 Million in Financing from Kodiak Capital Group, LLC Penny Auction Solutions, Inc. (PAS) is pleased to announce that it has signed an investment agreement with Kodiak Capital Group, LLC of New York City (Kodiak) for a $10 million equity line of credit. Sep 16, 2010, 06:18 ET from Penny…
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UNLV Teams with Startup to Bring Advanced Wearable Health Tracker to Market (Original release found here – http://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-teams-startup-bring-advanced-wearable-health-tracker-market) MealCheck Technologies, Inc. will produce the UNLV invention, which combines the best of existing fitness-monitoring devices to make dieting or staying healthy easier than ever. BUSINESS & COMMUNITY | AUG 3, 2016 | BY RAEGEN PIETRUCHA Media Contact: Raegen Pietrucha, 702-895-4191 or…
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Test developed by UNMC researchers would gauge risk of coronary disease Click here for original release http://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/test-developed-by-unmc-researchers-would-gauge-risk-of-coronary/article_a129fb72-7f57-5bc8-8b1b-5f1b5ad36349.html Once thought to be a problem largely of smokers and people with poor diet and exercise habits, coronary artery disease — or buildup of plaque inside the arteries — is something that virtually all adults eventually develop, research now…
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