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Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Research

Contract extends military aircraft production

Bell Boeing recently approved the conversion of the previously awarded V-22 tiltrotor aircraft contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee multiyear contract, providing for the manufacture and delivery to armed forces divisions. Officials said the $4,191,533,822 revision clears the way for 39... Read More »

Researchers prepare smart bandages for clinical trials

A “smart bandage” prototype developed by researchers at Tufts University aims to monitor chronic wounds and administer treatments that aid the healing process has proven effective in lab testing. The smart bandage was designed to actively treat skin wounds resulting from burns, diabetes and... Read More »

Oral smallpox treatment proves effective in animal trials

An oral smallpox treatment developed by SIGA Technologies, Inc. has proven effective through human safety and animal efficacy studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month. Known as tecovirimat, or TPOXX, the efficacy of the oral formulation was tested in lethal monkeypox... Read More »

Boeing, Embraer propose strategic partnership

Boeing and Embraer recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a strategic partnership to accelerate growth in global aerospace markets. The agreement, which is non-binding, proposes a joint venture comprising the commercial aircraft and services business of Embraer and the... Read More »

Research initiative targets Ebola virus

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) researchers are providing care to Ebola patients, monitoring survivors from the 2014 outbreak and testing the experimental drug remdesivir for emergency treatment. UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine has been studying Ebola... Read More »

Study links Zika, greater miscarriage threat

Researchers maintain more women could be losing their pregnancies to the Zika virus without knowing they are infected. Findings of a probe by California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis investigators published in Nature Medicine determined 26 percent of non-human primates infected... Read More »

Zika test incorporates smartphone technology

Researchers are exploring the nuances of digital health systems and nanotechnology as a means of transforming a smartphone into a Zika detecting device. Work of Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators published in ACS Nano details efforts to rapidly and accurately diagnose Zika using mobile... Read More »

New cholera tracking approach may aid control strategies

Researchers recently found that preventing the chain of cholera transmission within households in high-burden areas may significantly impact efforts to reduce the number of cases worldwide. Work by Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators published in Nature Genetics outlined nearly 80... Read More »

DARPA supports vehicle enhancement initiatives

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently expressed optimism regarding efforts to enhance combat vehicle safety and effectiveness. The agency’s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program also seeks to improve mobility and survivability of future combat vehicles without... Read More »

Funding boost aids lab security effort

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently supported an effort to steer federal funding toward enhanced security at a pivotal intelligence research laboratory. Schumer and Gillibrand said the Senate version of the FY 2019 National Defense... Read More »

DARPA program drives automated molecule production

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Make-It Program is making progress toward fully automated rapid molecule production. The Make-It research teams are developing automated devices that create the desired chemical based on the software-generated recipe. These software tools... Read More »

Malaria vaccine combo may reduce number of cases

Imperial College London researchers have determined that the use of a pair of experimental anti-malarial vaccines may reduce the number of malaria infections. Details of the probe in eLife outlined the testing of two types of vaccines in mice: those preventing mosquitoes from transferring the... Read More »

Raytheon receives milestone patent

Raytheon is the recipient of the nation’s 10 millionth patent, which covers a system for obtaining real-time readings on speed and distance from the data stream created by laser radars. The company currently holds 13,000 active patents, which includes nearly 4,500 based in the United States,... Read More »

New study addresses mosquito populations, West Nile

Researchers from the University of Waterloo recently touted the benefits of a pesticide-free approach to limiting mosquito populations that also addresses the spread of West Nile virus. The work, published in Plos One, outlined the process of introducing hungry minnows into bodies of water where... Read More »

IDSA supports public health, research legislation

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) announced last week their support of legislation prioritizing urgent public health and research priorities. “We look forward to learning more about allocations to the Prevention and Public Health Fund and hope to see robust support for... Read More »