Intellectual Property

Technology aims to improve quality of products used in business, industry and at homeCredit: David Kazmer LOWELL, Mass. - More durable prosthetics and medical devices for patients and stronger parts for airplanes and automobiles are…

Only 1 in 4 papers shares code behind the scienceCredit: Szymek Drobniak Share the code and data behind the research please. It's easy, but it will have a major positive impact on progress and trust in science. That is the clear…

Growing program provides free legal services to student entrepreneurs and researchers, while giving law students practical experience.Credit: Photo: Dan Watkins, Boston University Photography In 2015, the first of two MIT-Boston…

Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their industry colleagues have created a data-driven model that can forecast the production from an oil well stimulated by multistage fracturing technology. This model has high…

Machine learning can make reverse engineering of complex composite material parts easy BROOKLYN, New York, Tuesday, July 6, 2020 - Over the past 30 years, the use of glass- and carbon- fiber reinforced composites in aerospace and other…

Special exploratory license agreement designed to spur economic recoveryCredit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash. -- As businesses of all sizes weather today's tough economy, the U.S. Department…

An important challenge facing media industries today is whether and how copyright policy should be adapted to the realities of the digital age. The invention and subsequent adoption of filesharing technologies has eroded the strength of…

Blockchain technology underpins cryptocurrency, and is being used for rights and royalties management for numerous industries. It could help book publishers stay afloat. As Australian book publishers grapple with global disruption, digital…

Industry wants access to massive data troves, but patients deserve transparency and privacy; approach detailed in NEJM offers a path forwardCredit: University of Michigan Every major medical center in America sits on a gold mine.…

Purdue startup obtains rights to environmentally friendly extraction and purification technology to protect vital electronics The technology – developed and patented from the laboratory of Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Purdue's Maxine Spencer…

A new research study, investigating how service robots in hotels could help redefine leadership and boost the hospitality industry, has taken on new significance in the light of the seismic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on tourism and…

Scholarly publishers are working together to maximize the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to COVID-19 is reviewed and published as quickly and openly as possible. The group of publishers and scholarly…

Credit: Gary Sheftick, Defense Media Activity ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The Army has a new type of multi-polymer filament for commonly-used desktop 3-D printers. This advance may save money and facilitate fast printing of critical…

Researchers find ways to modernize time-intensive process that plagues many academicsCredit: Michigan State University A team of scientists led by a Michigan State University astronomer has found that a new process of evaluating…

The Neuro's director has been a driving force in neurological disease research and Open Science leadershipCredit: The Neuro Since 1957, The Gairdner Foundation has been recognizing the achievements of the world's top researchers…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But new digital and data-driven projects led by Brown University scholars are proving that there is much more to…

If we understood the humans behind hacking incidents -- and their intent -- could we stop them? EAST LANSING, Mich. - If we understood the humans behind hacking incidents - and their intent - could we stop them? Research from Michigan…

New ACM open publishing model promises to accelerate ACM's transition to full open accessCredit: ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, entered into transformative open access agreements with several of its largest…

Credit: Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash EAST LANSING, Mich. - Does the common stereotype for "organized crime" hold up for organizations of hackers? Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common…

Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications Ryan Wicker, Ph.D., director and founder of The University of Texas at El Paso's W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation, has been named a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. Wicker,…