Tag: Research
IBM and MIT pen 10-year, $240M AI research partnership
IBM and MIT came together today to sign a 10-year, $240 million partnership agreement that establishes the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab at the prestigious Cambridge, MA academic institution. The lab will be co-chaired by Dario Gil, IBM Research VP of AI and Anantha P. Chandrakasan, dean of MIT’s School of Engineering. Big Blue intends to […]
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
The long read: It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell. In 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm in one of the most lucrative […]
Faster and stronger lithium-ion batteries might be in our future
This, clearly, isn’t the battery the MIT team is working on. Image: Shutterstock / sdecoret The lithium-ion battery in your phone might look like a solid chunk of energy-producing plastic at first glance, but if you were to bust it open and take a closer look, you’d see there’s also some liquid inside. That’s because […]
No Need to Treat Stable Meniscus Tears During ACL Surgery, New Research Shows
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) July 10, 2015 While athletes undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery often have an additional meniscus injury, treating these tears at the same time may not be necessary. Research presented today by the MOON Knee Group at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Orlando shows positive results […]
Demand for Personalized Medicine, Innovative Molecular Diagnostic Tests Spurring Big Growth, According to BCC Research
Wellesley, Mass. (PRWEB) July 06, 2015 Discovery of new biomarkers for patient screening and development of simpler and cheaper molecular diagnostic tests are key drivers of the global molecular diagnostics market. BCC Research reveals in its new report that the projected growth of personalized medicine and the introduction of new companion diagnostic tests will increase […]