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JUA Technologies International, a Purdue University-affiliated startup developing solar-powered crop-drying devices, is partnering with BrazAgro Ltd., a supplier of Brazilian farm machinery, to distribute its solar-drying tray.

To build on its mission of cultivating partnerships between government, industry and academia that accelerate naval capabilities to the warfighter, the Department of the Navy's Technology Transfer Program Office recently hosted its annual gathering at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington.

Cornell University is working to catalog materials from Randall Forsberg's nuclear freeze campaign and her policy think tank, the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS).

A generous grant from Innovation Fund Denmark will allow for the investigation of new composite materials as replacement for cast iron heat exchangers inside the massive engines of the world's largest ships. The Department of Engineering at Aarhus University is heading the project called comMec in close collaboration with Danish company Vestas Aircoil.

PIMCity -- Building the next generation personal data platforms, is a new EU-funded research project coordinated by Politecnico di Torino. A consortium of 13 international partners will develop new technologies for a fair and transparent use and control of personal data on the web.

In a Dec. 10 briefing on Capitol Hill, a Washington University in St. Louis expert testified that steep price increases and 'supply shocks' in helium threaten basic research in academic settings and also broader health and industry applications.

An online version of the print magazine Blank:a has been launched by Cactus Communications with the aim of disseminating university best practices globally.

Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), representing more than 54,000 members, expressed its strong opposition to the surprise medical bill provisions included in the Alexander-Pallone-Walden Lower Health Care Costs proposal.

A new center is bringing together researchers to develop technology that a bridge, building, road or other infrastructure could use to communicate directly with humans and respond to disasters, preventing catastrophic events.